Commando 44-77689
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77689
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33085
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1621
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
January 1945 to June 1946
44-77689 - USAAF (USA)
13 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.
June 1946 to April 1948
44-77689 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
5 June 1946
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
ca 1948
Taken out of storage and overhauled by TALOA under a US Government contract to prepare the aircraft for delivery to China.
April 1948 to unknown date
C-46321 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
22 April 1948
Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 16/05/2024