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Commando 44-77813

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77813

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33209

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1745

FATE: Preserved

Operational Record

  February 1945 to January 1946

  44-77813 - USAAF (USA)


3 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

  44-77813 - RFC (RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION) (USA)


9 January 1946

Transferred to RFC and stored at Walnut Ridge AAF, AR.

  Circa 1948 to 1955

  CU-C202 - AEROVIAS Q (CUBA)


Ca 1948

Purchased.

  1955 to June 1961

  CU-C202 - CUBA AEROPOSTAL (CUBA)


1955

Purchased.

 

Right: CU-C202 in Cuba Aeropostal colors, unknown date & location.
Photo credit: YesterdaysAirlines

  June 1961 to present

  CU-C202 - CUBANA (CUBA)


27 June 1961

Transferred as Cuba Aeropostal was nationalized and merged into Cubana.

1972

Offered for sale.

Unknown date

Used as a bar and night club in Havana, Cuba.

Unknown date

Towed to a public park and put on display in Havana, Cuba. [exact location of the park is unknown, any information is welcome]

 

Left: CU-C202 in its final resting place, a public park in Havana.
Photo credit: unknown

Last edited: 13/08/2024