C-46 Commando Photographs | World War II Database

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C-46 Commando aircraft in flight, circa late 1943 to 1945	Cargo loaded in a C-46 Commando transport aircraft at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico while in transit to the European Theater, 1942. Note the CCKW truck.	Cockpit of a C-46 Commando aircraft, 1942	Controllers in the tower at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico as a C-46 Commando lands on the runway, 1942.

A Jeep being loaded into the sizeable fuselage of a C-46 Commando cargo plane, while another waited to be driven up the ramp, Mar 1942	A Commando aircraft being prepared for a 'Hump' run, circa late-1943 to 1945	Aerial view of the tower, hangars, and pad at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1943. Aircraft seen include C-46, C-47, C-54, B-17, B-25, B-18, B-34, A-20, and perhaps others.	C-46 Commando being fueled for flight 'over the hump' from Chabua, India to Kunming, China, 1943. Note 3 blade props of early C-46 models

Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft flying over 'the hump' from Burma to China over the eastern Himalayas, 1942-1943	Curtiss C-46 Commando in flight, early 1943, probably over the United States.	A Marine on Saipan was transferred to an R5C-1 Commando aircraft from a Dodge WC54 3/4-ton field ambulance for transfer to Hawaii, 1944; note the Jeep in between	Broadside view of the Curtiss C-46 Commando in flight, Circa 1944. Note the twin paratrooper doors on either side of the airplane, unlike the single door of the C-47.

C-46 Commando aircraft flying over the Himalaya Mountains, 1943-1945	C-46 Commando and C-47 Skytrain aircraft of China National Aviation Corporation at rest in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, date unknown	Curtiss C-46 Commando flying over “The Hump” between China, Northern Burma (now Myanmar), and eastern India, 1944.	Maintenance work at the Kunming airfield in Yunnan Province, China, circa 1944

William Dibble at Chongqing airfield, China, circa 1944	Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft taking a break from flying “The Hump” at Chabua Field, India, circa Feb 1944	Wrecked C6N-1 aircraft of Japanese Navy 121st Kokutai in a hangar, Ushi Point Airfield, Tinian, Mariana Islands, 30 Jul 1944. Note the Marine Corps Curtiss R5C-1 Commando in the background.	F4U-1 Corsair of Marine Squadron VMF-114 set for take-off from Peleliu, late 1944. Note C-46 Commando.