Commando 44-77766
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77766
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33162
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1698
FATE: Broken up
Operational Record
January 1945 to September 1947
44-77766 - USAAF (USA)
January 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
September 1947 to unknown date
44-77766 - USAF (USA)
18 September 1947
Transferred.
7 September 1950
Received major damage at Tachikawa AB, Japan in a landing accident due to a mechanical failure.
Pilot: Vernon G. Grosvenor
Unknown date
Assigned to the 437th Troop Carrier Group, Medium, 86th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium based at Brady AB, Japan.
6 February 1951
Received major damage at Iwakuni AB, Japan in a landing accident.
Pilot: Edward D. Michalek
Unknown date to January 1958
44-77766 - CALIFORNIA EASTERN AVIATION INC. (USA)
Unknown date
Probably leased from the USAF by California Eastern Aviation.
January 1958 to 1968
44-77766 - USAF (USA)
2 January 1958
Assigned to the Arizona Aircraft Storage Squadron and stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
18 October 1961
Retrieved from storage and sent to the Middletown Air Materiel Area at Harrisburg-Olmsted AFB, PA for overhaul.
Returned to service with the 4400th Combat Crew Training Squadron based at Eglin AFB, FL.
Unknown date
Transferred to the 1st Air Commando Wing, 605th Air Commando Squadron based at Howard AFB, Panama Canal Zone.
1968 to unknown date
44-77766 - AIR INTERNATIONAL INC. (USA)
1968
Transferred.
Flown to Miami, FL for overhaul & modification.
Unknown dates Unknown date to November 1974
44-77766 - USAF (USA)
Unknown date
Returned to the USAF.
13 November 1974
Carcass sold to an unknown buyer at Bupyong, South Korea. Total airframe time: 10,863 hours.
Last edited: 16/07/2024