Commando 44-77705

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77705

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33101

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1637

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to February 1946

  44-77705 - 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 I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO, Squadron B.

28 March 1945

Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Frederick Reckstroh

While taxiing, the Commando hit parked sistership 44-77959 of same squadron.

Remained within the continental USA.

  February 1946 to unknown date

  44-77705 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

7 February 1946

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

Fate unknown.