Commando 44-77790

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77790

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33186

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1722

FATE: Broken up

  January 1945 to January 1949

  44-77790 - USAAF (USA)

30 January 1945

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

[Two different histories exist for this aircraft, see below left & right - any information is welcome]

Possible History 1 (most likely):

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

9 March 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

21 April 1947

Condemned, reclamation.

4 January 1949

Reclamation completed. [date noted as 4 January 1947, impossible]

Possible History 2 (less likely):

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO, Squadron B.

11 March 1945

Involved in a ground accident at Sedalia AAF, MO.

The Commando was parked when it was hit by sistership 44-77711 of the same unit taxied nearby by Michael J. d'Asaro.

Fate unknown.