Commando 44-77702

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77702

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33098

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1634

FATE: Written off

  January 1945 to March 1946

  44-77702 - USAAF (USA)

17 January 1945

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

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

Early 1945

Assigned to the I Troop Carrier Commando, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO, Squadron D.

18 May 1945

Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Charles M. Schwartz

Remained within the continental USA.

  March 1946 to May 1948

  44-77702 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

4 March 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  May 1948 to September 1950

  44-77702 - USAF (USA)

21 May 1948

Returned to USAF service.

19 August 1948

Assigned to the Oklahoma City Air Material Area based at Tinker AFB, OK and probably refurbished.

8 April 1949

Assigned to Glendale, CA.

23 September 1949

Converted to TC-46D.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 2596^th Air Force Reserve Training Center based at Hensley Field, TX.

18 May 1950

Received major damage in Memphis, TN in taxi accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: B. Anderson

While taxiing at Memphis Municipal, TN, the Commando suffered a mechanical failure and collided with sistership 44-77560 of the 2585^th Air Force Reserve Training Center which was parked nearby. Both Commandos suffered major damage, and seemingly never flew again after that accident.

22 May 1950

Assigned to Memphis, TN.

10 August 1950

Reclamation authorized.

18 September 1950

Reclamation completed. [probable date]