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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