Commando 42-101062
Aircraft Identification
VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando
USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 42-101062
CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 30517
COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1053
FATE: Written off
Operational Record
September 1944 to July 1945
42-101062 - USAAF (USA)
15 September 1944
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
4 December 1944
Assigned to ATC India-China Division, Assam Wing, 1332nd AAF Base Unit, based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.
30 June 1945
Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre (3/3 missing). [MACR 14689]
Crew:
1st Lt. Edward F. Grove, Pilot
FO Paul E. Peek, Copilot
Sgt. George L. Penn, Radio Operator
The Commando went missing on a flight from Mohanbari, Assam, India to Chanyi, Yunnan, China.
1 July 1945
Condemned for salvage.