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Commando 44-77748

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77748

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33144

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1680

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  January 1945 to January 1949

  44-77748 - 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.

22 February 1945

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

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

21 April 1947

Condemned for salvage, probably by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.

4 January 1949

Reclamation completed. [date noted as 4 January 1947, impossible]

Last edited: 08/07/2024