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Commando 44-77805

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77805

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33201

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1737

FATE: Unknown

Operational Record

  February 1945 to January 1946

  44-77805 - USAAF (USA)

1 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.

  January 1946 to circa 1948

  44-77805 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)

5 January 1946

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 circa 1949

  C-46286 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (CHINA)

28 August 1948

Departed Oakland, CA for delivery to Shanghai, China.

  Circa 1949 to unknown date

  48286 - ROCAF (REPUBLIC OF CHINA AIR FORCE) (TAIWAN)

Ca 1949

Fled to Taiwan.

Fate unknown.

 

Right: 48286 somewhere in Taiwan, unknown date.
Photo credit: Alan Campbell / JetPhotos.com

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Last edited: 09/08/2024