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Commando 44-77789

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77789

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33185

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1721

FATE: Broken up

Operational Record

  January 1945 to May 1947

  44-77789 - USAAF (USA)


29 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 theater.

5 March 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

  May 1947 to unknown date

  44-77789CNRRA AIR TRANSPORT (CHINESE NATIONAL RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION) (CHINA)


19 May 1947

Transferred to CNRRA Air Transport.

Initially assigned to the reserve fleet and stored at Tien Ho, Guangdong, China.

Used for parts and broken up at Tien Ho at an unknown date.

Last edited: 18/07/2024