Commando 44-77726

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77726

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33122

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1658

FATE: Written off

  January 1945 to August 1946

  44-77726 - 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.

25 January 1945

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 807^th AAFBU, Bergstrom AAF, TX.

Remained within the continental USA.

Unknown date

Assigned to the 349^th Troop Carrier Group, 312^th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Bergstrom AAF, TX.

Used to train Chinese crew to fly the Commando.

1 February 1946

Received major damage at Bergstrom AAF, TX in a forced landing due to an engine failure.

Pilot: George H. Crawford

29 May 1946

Reclamation authorized.

20 August 1946

Reclamation completed. [it is likely, and assumed here, that the airplane was never repaired following its February accident]