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Commando 44-77740

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77740

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33136

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1672

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  January 1945 to November 1945

  44-77740 - USAAF (USA)


22 January 1945

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

Probably assigned to the 5th Air Force, 54th Troop Carrier Wing operating in the Southwest Pacific.

24 February 1945

Departed the USA for Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

November 1945

Condemned for salvage, accident, non-combat.

Last edited: 08/07/2024