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Commando 44-77783

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77783

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33179

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1715

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  February 1945 to October 1945

  44-77783 - USAAF (USA)


6 February 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.

9 March 1945

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

Unknown date

Assigned to Tacloban Field, Leyte, Philippines.

4 October 1945

Condemned for salvage, obsolete.

Last edited: 18/07/2024