Commando 44-77708
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77708
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33104
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1640
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
January 1945 to September 1947
44-77708 - USAAF (USA)
January 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813th AAFBU, Sedalia AAF, MO, Squadron D.
8 February 1945
Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a ground accident.
While parked at Sedalia AAF, MO, the Commando was hit by sistership 44-77559 of the Squadron C taxied nearby by Edward Wurfer.
September 1947 to May 1961
44-77708 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
Unknown date
Converted to C-46F.
Unknown date
Assigned to 2585th Air Force Reserve Training Center, based at Donaldson AFB, SC.
12 April 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
4 May 1961
Departed Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for Peru.
May 1961
61-323 - FUERZA AEREA DEL PERU (PERU)
4 May 1961
Supplied under the Military Assistance Program. [registration also noted as FAP-323]
May 1961 to 1964
OB-XAN-579 - SATCO (SERVICIO AEREO DE TRANSPORTES COMMERCIALES) (PERU)
6 May 1961
Transferred to the new state airline SATCO.
1964 to 1966
OB-R-579 - SATCO (SERVICIO AEREO DE TRANSPORTES COMMERCIALES) (PERU)
1964
Reregistered, possibly not carried.
25 April 1966
Registration cancelled, exported to the USA.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 29/06/2024