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Commando 44-77762

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77762

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33158

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1694

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  January 1945 to January 1949

  44-77762 - USAAF (USA)


30 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.

2 March 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: 09/07/2024