Commando 44-77724

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77724

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33120

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1656

FATE: Broken up

  January 1945 to December 1945

  44-77724 - USAAF (USA)

19 January 1945

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

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

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO.

17 June 1945

Damaged at Sedalia AAF, MO in a landing accident.

Pilot: Haskell L. Walker

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 809^th AAF Base Unit, Blytheville AAF, AR.

19 October 1945

Received major damage at Blythville AAF, AR in a ground collision.

Pilot: Thomas N. Williams

While taxiing at Blytheville AAF, AR, the Commando collided with parked sistership 44-78565 of the same unit. Both airplanes received major damage.

  December 1945 to March 1948

  44-77724 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

13 December 1945

Transferred to RFC and stored at Bush Field, GA.

  March 1948 to April 1949

  44-77724 - USAF (USA)

9 March 1948

Returned to USAF service.

Assigned to Langley AFB, VA. [probably on 5 May 1948]

24 February 1949

Converted to EC-46D (exempt category).

6 April 1949

Reclamation authorized.

21 April 1949

Reclamation completed.