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Commando 44-77830

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77830

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33226

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1762

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  February 1945 to April 1947

  44-77830 - USAAF (USA)


5 February 1945

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

20 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.

26 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

30 November 1945

Assigned to Bergstrom AAF, TX.

27 March 1947

Condemned for salvage.

3 April 1947

Reclamation completed.

  April 1947 to March 1948

  44-77830 - WAA (WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION) (USA)


30 April 1947

Transferred to the WAA.

  March 1948 to unknown date

  44-77830 - USAF (USA)


9 March 1948

Returned to USAF service.

5 May 1948

Assigned to Langley AFB, VA.

21 February 1949

Converted to EC-46D (exempt category).

6 April 1949

Reclamation authorized.

24 February 1949

Reclamation completed.

  Unknown date to July 1964

  N9324R - C-46 PARTS INC. (USA)


Unknown date

Purchased. [possibly from a private individual who bought it from the USAF?]

3 June 1960

Registered.

31 July 1964

Registration cancelled, exported to Colombia.

  July 1964 to July 1966

  HK-682 - AEROPESCA (COLOMBIA)


July 1964

Purchased.

Late 1968

Damaged beyond repair near San Andres Island, Colombia in an accident.

The Commando crashed in the sea shortly after taking off from San Andres.

 

Below: HK-682, unknown dates and locations.
Photo credit, left: Jaime Escobar Corradine
Photo credit, right: Brian Stainer / Darren Pitcher

Last edited: 16/08/2024