Commando 44-77701

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77701

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33097

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1633

FATE: Broken up

  January 1945 to July 1947

  44-77701 - USAAF (USA)

16 January 1945

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

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 439^th Troop Carrier Group, 94^th Troop Carrier Squadron operating under I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAFBU, Sedalia AAF, MO.

19 October 1945

Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground accident.

While parked at Sedalia AAF, MO, the Commando was hit by sistership 44-78064 of the same unit taxied nearby by William J. Graves.

31 May 1946

Transferred to Class 01Z, not beyond economical repair, at Lawson Field, GA.

8 July 1947

Reclamation completed.