#c-46 commando

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Avion de transport Curtiss C-46 Commando

C-46 Commando, was ordered and went into service in 1942. It was the largest and heaviest twin-engine aircraft operated by the Air Corps. The aircraft had a double-lobed fuselage cross section with the cargo floor acting as the junction, providing high strength. The C-46A incorporated a large cargo door in the left rear fuselage, a strengthened cargo floor, 40 folding seats, and high-altitude engines. It was capable of carrying a heavier cargo load than the C-47, to a higher altitude. This capability was put to good use in the China-Burma-India Theater, where the Commando was used to carry supplies into China "over the Hump" of the Himalayan mountains from India.

C-46 Commando transports from the U.S. 5th air army at Tachikawa airbase in Japan shortly after the end of the war.

LAC COLOMBIA, C-46

Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando

Avion de transport Curtiss C-46 Commando de l’United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).

The Tinker Belle. Oshkosh 2012.