Commando 44-77834

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

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77834

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 33230

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1766

FATE: Broken up

  February 1945 to August 1947

  44-77834 - USAAF (USA)

5 February 1945

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

21 March 1945

Assigned to the Eighth Air Force.

Departed the USA for Europe.

Early 1945

Probably assigned to the Ninth Air Force, 52^nd Troop Carrier Wing.

20 July 1945

Returned to the USA at Bradley Field, CT.

Late 1946

Assigned to the Ninth Air Force, 62^nd Troop Carrier Group based at Bergstrom AAF, TX.

6 November 1946

Received minor damage at Greenville AAB, SC in a ground collision.

Pilot: Lawrence P. Mayland

4 August 1947

Condemned for salvage at Lawson AAF, GA.

26 June 1947

Reclamation completed. [dates discrepancy]