Commando 44-77745

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77745

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33141

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1677

FATE: Written off

  January 1945 to July 1945

  44-77745 - USAAF (USA)

22 January 1945

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

Assigned to the 13^th Air Force, 403^rd Troop Carrier Group, 13^th Troop Carrier Squadron operating in the Philippines.

3 February 1945

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

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

29 July 1945

Damaged beyond repair in a crash near Biak, Netherland East Indies.

Crew:
1^st Lt Clarence H. Thompson (killed)
2^nd Lt William R. Foote (pictured, killed)
Sgt Ezio G. Mastrantonio (killed)

30 July 1945

Condemned, "EGA".