Commando 44-77719

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77719

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33115

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1651

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77719 - USAAF (USA)

January 1945

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

  September 1947 to unknown date

  44-77719 - USAF (USA)

18 September 1947

Transferred.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 437^th Troop Carrier Wing, 83^th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.

24 December 1950

Received minor damage at Taegu AB, Korea (K-2) in a taxi accident.

Pilot: Vincent A. Sorbello

While taxiing at Taegu AB, Korea, the Commando collided with a Douglas C-47 Skytrain parked nearby.

3 December 1951

Received minor damage at Chinhae AB, Korea (K-10) in a taxi accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Richard J. Pfarr

4 May 1952

Received major damage at Itasuke AB, Japan in a landing accident involving a ground loop.

Pilot: William M. Molloy Jr.

Fate unknown.