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American transport aircraft C-46 Commando (Curtiss C-46 Commando, serial number 41-5159) in flight. 1942

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Massive Curtiss Commando.

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Friday, September 15, 2023

I’m two weeks into my job at the Curtiss Museum now. My head is swirling with information about Curtiss and his family and motorcycles and airplanes and dirigibles and the AEA and so much more. I hope some of it sticks!

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LAC COLOMBIA, C-46

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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.

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