Commando 44-77801
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77801
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33197
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1733
FATE: Unknown
Operational Record
February 1945 to December 1945
44-77801 - USAAF (USA)
2 February 1945
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
17 March 1945
Assigned to the 8th Air Force.
Departed the USA for Europe.
Early 1945
Probably assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing.
7 August 1945
Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.
December 1945 to circa 1948
44-77801 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)
10 December 1945
Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.
ca 1948
Taken out of storage and overhauled by TALOA under a US Government contract to prepare the aircraft for delivery to China.
Circa 1948 to unknown date
C-46318 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)
21 April 1948
Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.
Fate unknown.
Last edited: 08/08/2024