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Commando 44-77796

Aircraft Identification

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

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77796

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33192

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1728

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  February 1945 to August 1945

  44-77796 - USAAF (USA)

1 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 theater.

1 March 1945

Ferried through Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.

Unknown date

Assigned to Nichols Field, Philippines.

8 August 1945

Condemned for salvage, combat.

Last edited: 11/08/2024