Commando 44-77695

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77695

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33091

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1627

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77695 - USAAF (USA)

January 1945

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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO, Squadron A.

11 April 1945

Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground accident.

While parked at Sedalia AAF, MO, the Commando was hit by a sistership taxiing nearby.

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77695 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 437^th Troop Carrier Wing, 83^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

21 January 1951

Received minor damage at Brady AB, Japan in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Robert C. Jones

While taxiing at Brady AB, Japan, the Commando collided with sistership 44-77989 of the same squadron parked nearby.

  Unknown dates

  0-77695 - ROKAF (REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE) (SOUTH KOREA)

Unknown date

Purchased.

  Unknown date to November 1974

  44-77695 - USAF (USA)

Unknown date

Returned to the USAF.

13 November 1974

Carcass sold to an unknown buyer at Bupyong, South Korea. Total airframe time: 11,564 hours.