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Commando 44-77831

Aircraft Identification

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77831

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33227

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1763

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  February 1945 to August 1947

  44-77831 - 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

Assigned to the 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 349th Troop Carrier Group, 313th Troop Carrier Squadron based at Roye-Amy, France.

26 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

5 January 1946

Damaged beyond repair at Kingman, AZ in a takoff accident.

12 November 1946

Condemned for salvage.

26 November 1946

Assigned to Las Vegas, NV.

18 August 1947

Reclamation completed.

Last edited: 17/08/2024