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    Airframe Family: Curtiss C-46 Commando
    Latest Model:C-46D-10-CU Commando
    Last Military Serial:44-77559 USAAF
    Construction Number:32955
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-46D-10-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-77559.

    By 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CN0085.

    14 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 44-77559 - C-46D Commando - ex-USAF - MASDC / Davis Monthan AFB

    By 1984

    To Bobs Airpark.

    By 2001

    To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California
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