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Commando 44-77782

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77782

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33178

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1714

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  January 1945 to March 1949

  44-77782 - USAAF (USA)


29 January 1945

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

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

12 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.

14 March 1949

Reclamation completed.

 

Right: 13th TCS tentmates Johnson, Strand and Jenkins standing on the horizontal of 44-77782.
Photo credit: thirsty13th.com

Last edited: 09/07/2024