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Commando 44-77769

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77769

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33165

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1701

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  January 1945 to September 1947

  44-77769 - USAAF (USA)


27 January 1945

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

Probably assigned to the 13th Air Force, 403rd Troop Carrier Group operating in the Southwest Pacific.

5 March 1945

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

Unknown date

Assigned to Tacloban Field, Leyte, Philippines.

31 December 1945

Excluded.

28 February 1946

Reinstated.

  September 1947 to May 1950

  44-77769 - USAF (USA)


18 September 1947

Transferred.

1 January 1948

Assigned to Yakota, Japan.

14 March 1950

Reclamation authorized.

31 May 1950

Reclamation completed.

Last edited: 16/07/2024