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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-579SATCO (SERVICIO AEREO DE TRANSPORTES COMMERCIALES) (PERU)


6 May 1961

Transferred to the new state airline SATCO.

  1964 to 1966

  OB-R-579SATCO (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