Beretter om udviklingen og anvendelsen af det amerikanske militære transportfly fra 2. verdenskrig, Curtiss C-46 Commando.

Harold Skaarup. Curtiss C-46 Commando The C-46 Commando was a transport aircraft originally derived from a commercial high-altitude airliner design. It was instead used as a military transport during the Second World War by the United ...

... C - 46 flights on the treacher- ous air route over the Himalayas began in May 1943. The Commando carried more cargo ... Curtiss C - 46D Commando ( Serial No. 44-77575 ) ; the Air Museum Planes of Fame has a Curtiss C - 46 Commando ; the ...

Ray Merriam. Curtiss C - 46 Commando Boeing XB - 15 Super Flying Fortress. The streamlined Curtiss T C - 46 could well be called the first of the wide - body transports . It started as long ago as 1933 , when the Curtiss Company made ...

... CURTISS C-46 COMMANDO Transport duties were paramount during World War II, and logistical problems were often times worse than enemy action. Consequently, the Curtiss C-46 Commando, with its cavernous cargo hold and weight-carrying ...