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Commando 44-77686

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77686

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33082

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1618

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  January 1945 to November 1945

  44-77686 - USAAF (USA)


15 January 1945

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Remained within the continental USA.

  November 1945 to circa 1947

  44-77686 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


30 November 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  Circa 1947 to unknown date

  44-77686 - USAF (USA)


ca 1947

Returned to USAF service.

Assigned to the 316th Troop Carrier Group, 37th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Greenville AAB, SC.

Marked "W7-AD".

Fate unknown.

 

Right: 44-77686 with 37th TCS markings, probably in the southeastern USA between 1946 & 1947.
Photo credit: WWII Photos

Last edited: 16/05/2024