Commando 44-77687

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77687

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33083

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1619

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77687 - USAAF (USA)

January 1945

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

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 809^th AAF Base Unit, Blytheville AAF, AR, Squadron B.

Used for combat crew training.

17 September 1945

Damaged at Blytheville AAF, AR in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Warren M. Johnson

While taxiing at Blytheville AAF, AR, the Commando collided with parked North American P-51D 44-74365 of the 335^th AAF Base Unit from Dale Mabry Field, FL.

  September 1947 to May 1961

  44-77687 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the Sacramento Air Materiel Area based at McClellan AFB, CA.

21 April 1955

Received minor damage at Memphis, TN in a ground loop during landing.

Pilot: E. C. Baker

Unknown date

Assigned to the Rhode Island Air National Guard, 143^rd Air Resupply Squadron based at Warwick, RI.

Christened "Balofia!".

28 March 1958

Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

4 May 1961

Departed Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for Peru.

Right: this picture dated 1957 was probably taken at Davis-Monthan post-1958. Note Commandos 42-101054 and 44-77442 in the background.
Photo credit: Bill Larkins

  May 1961 to 1973

  61-332 - FUERZA AEREA DEL PERU (PERU)

May 1961

Supplied under the Military Assistance Program. [registration also noted as FAP-332]

1973

Withdrawn from use. [also noted as 1975]

Fate unknown.