Commando 44-77729

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77729

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33125

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1661

FATE: Unknown

  January 1945 to January 1946

  44-77729 - 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.

Early 1945

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

9 August 1945

Received major damage at Sedalia AAF, MO in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.

Pilot: Dean C. Gilbert

Remained within the continental USA.

  January 1946 to unknown date

  44-77729 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

28 January 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

Fate unknown.