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Commando 44-77696

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77696

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33092

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1628

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77696 - USAAF (USA)


January 1945

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77696 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 315th Troop Carrier Wing, 19th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

25 September 1953

Received major damage at Seoul (K16), Korea in a landing accident.

Pilot: Tommy Box

  Unknown dates

  0-7695 - ROKAF (REPUBLIC OF KOREA AIR FORCE) (SOUTH KOREA)


Unknown date44 77696 1

Purchased.

1974

Withdrawn from use.

Fate unknown.

 

Below, left: an actual picture of 0-7696, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: unknown

Below, right: an artist rendering of the same.
Photo credit: Wolfpack Design

 

Last edited: 24/05/2024