157 results found
Registration / Serial:10-541
Alternate Serial:0-10541
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22364
Operator Titles:South Korea - Air Force
City / Area:Seoul / War Memorial [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Korea
Collection:Seoul War Museum
Photo Date:5 November 2023
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Photo ID:622161Submit Correction
View count: 369
This beautiful C-46D is the former USAAF 44-78541, which was delivered to the South Korean Air Force on 25 September 1968. It was on display at the War Memorial Museum as '8541'. Presumably, this still is the same plane here, but it now carries a somewhat different serial, although the last three are still the same.
Registration / Serial:10-541
Alternate Serial:0-10541
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22364
Operator Titles:South Korea - Air Force
City / Area:Seoul / War Memorial [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:5 November 2023
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Registration / Serial:10-541
Alternate Serial:0-10541
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22364
Operator Titles:South Korea - Air Force
City / Area:Seoul / War Memorial [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Korea
Collection:Seoul War Museum
Photo Date:5 November 2023
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Photo ID:622161Submit Correction
View count: 369
This beautiful C-46D is the former USAAF 44-78541, which was delivered to the South Korean Air Force on 25 September 1968. It was on display at the War Memorial Museum as '8541'. Presumably, this still is the same plane here, but it now carries a somewhat different serial, although the last three are still the same.
Registration / Serial:10-541
Alternate Serial:0-10541
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22364
Operator Titles:South Korea - Air Force
City / Area:Seoul / War Memorial [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Korea
Photo Date:5 November 2023
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Registration / Serial:44-78018
Alternate Serial:0-78018
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33414
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:United States Air Force Museum
Photo Date:23 October 1974
Photo by:Paul GoddardContact
Photo ID:587801Submit Correction
View count: 224
Registration / Serial:44-78018
Alternate Serial:0-78018
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33414
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:23 October 1974
Photo by:Paul GoddardContact
Registration / Serial:44-78018
Alternate Serial:0-78018
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33414
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:United States Air Force Museum
Photo Date:23 October 1974
Photo by:Paul GoddardContact
Photo ID:587801Submit Correction
View count: 224
Registration / Serial:44-78018
Alternate Serial:0-78018
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33414
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:23 October 1974
Photo by:Paul GoddardContact
Registration / Serial:44-78381
Alternate Serial:478381
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22204
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Do Son (closed)
Country:Vietnam
Photo Date:14 June 1954
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:580109Submit Correction
View count: 479
Towards the end of the First Indochina War in 1954, the USAF sent a maintenance detachment to assist in the upkeep of French C-47s at Do Son, near Haiphong. After the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, four C-46s of the 315th Troop Carrier Wing, based in Japan, were sent to Do Son to carry out an evacuation if necessary. The small coastal airfield was a 'very poor strip' of steel planking. 44-78381 crashed on 14 June after its landing gear struck the seawall on approach. The aircraft was written off. The Americans quit Do Son on 29 June.
Registration / Serial:44-78381
Alternate Serial:478381
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22204
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Do Son (closed)
Country:Vietnam
Photo Date:14 June 1954
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:44-78381
Alternate Serial:478381
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22204
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Do Son (closed)
Country:Vietnam
Photo Date:14 June 1954
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:580109Submit Correction
View count: 479
Towards the end of the First Indochina War in 1954, the USAF sent a maintenance detachment to assist in the upkeep of French C-47s at Do Son, near Haiphong. After the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, four C-46s of the 315th Troop Carrier Wing, based in Japan, were sent to Do Son to carry out an evacuation if necessary. The small coastal airfield was a 'very poor strip' of steel planking. 44-78381 crashed on 14 June after its landing gear struck the seawall on approach. The aircraft was written off. The Americans quit Do Son on 29 June.
Registration / Serial:44-78381
Alternate Serial:478381
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22204
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Do Son (closed)
Country:Vietnam
Photo Date:14 June 1954
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:C-FAVO
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
City / Airport:Yellowknife (CYZF / YZF)Map
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Photo Date:7 August 2012
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:568341Submit Correction
View count: 1385
Returning to the area at the rear of Buffalo's Yellowknife base having completed a trip, with engines just winding down. Note the unusual lower case letters of the registration. In the 1960s, spent five years on lease from Capitol Air to Lufthansa, whose logo is still carried on its nose.
Registration / Serial:C-FAVO
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
City / Airport:Yellowknife (CYZF / YZF)Map
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Photo Date:7 August 2012
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Registration / Serial:C-FAVO
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
City / Airport:Yellowknife (CYZF / YZF)Map
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Photo Date:7 August 2012
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:568341Submit Correction
View count: 1385
Returning to the area at the rear of Buffalo's Yellowknife base having completed a trip, with engines just winding down. Note the unusual lower case letters of the registration. In the 1960s, spent five years on lease from Capitol Air to Lufthansa, whose logo is still carried on its nose.
Registration / Serial:C-FAVO
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
City / Airport:Yellowknife (CYZF / YZF)Map
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Photo Date:7 August 2012
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Registration / Serial:44-78019
Alternate Serial:478019
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Joe Davies Heritage Airpark
Photo Date:10 October 2014
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:556649Submit Correction
View count: 334
Ex N32229, exhibited at Joe Davies Heritage Airpark.
Registration / Serial:44-78019
Alternate Serial:478019
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:10 October 2014
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:44-78019
Alternate Serial:478019
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Joe Davies Heritage Airpark
Photo Date:10 October 2014
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:556649Submit Correction
View count: 334
Ex N32229, exhibited at Joe Davies Heritage Airpark.
Registration / Serial:44-78019
Alternate Serial:478019
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:10 October 2014
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:CP-973
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32941
Operator Titles:Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC
City / Airport:Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann (SLCB / CBB)Map
Country:Bolivia
Photo Date:16 April 2009
Photo by:PropfreakContact
Photo ID:553732Submit Correction
View count: 684
Even a new coat of paint couldn't turn the luck - the dream of passenger flights in a C-46 wouldn't become true for LAC
Registration / Serial:CP-973
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32941
Operator Titles:Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC
City / Airport:Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann (SLCB / CBB)Map
Country:Bolivia
Photo Date:16 April 2009
Photo by:PropfreakContact
Registration / Serial:CP-973
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32941
Operator Titles:Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC
City / Airport:Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann (SLCB / CBB)Map
Country:Bolivia
Photo Date:16 April 2009
Photo by:PropfreakContact
Photo ID:553732Submit Correction
View count: 684
Even a new coat of paint couldn't turn the luck - the dream of passenger flights in a C-46 wouldn't become true for LAC
Registration / Serial:CP-973
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32941
Operator Titles:Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC
City / Airport:Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann (SLCB / CBB)Map
Country:Bolivia
Photo Date:16 April 2009
Photo by:PropfreakContact
Registration / Serial:44-77635
Alternate Serial:477635
Military Code:X606
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33031
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Groan
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Collection:Pima Air and Space Museum
Photo Date:29 April 1997
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:544531Submit Correction
View count: 284
Registration / Serial:44-77635
Alternate Serial:477635
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33031
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:29 April 1997
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:44-77635
Alternate Serial:477635
Military Code:X606
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33031
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Groan
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Collection:Pima Air and Space Museum
Photo Date:29 April 1997
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:544531Submit Correction
View count: 284
Registration / Serial:44-77635
Alternate Serial:477635
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33031
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:29 April 1997
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:44-77559
Alternate Serial:0-477559
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32955
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA / DMA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:29 April 1997
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:539847Submit Correction
View count: 756
In one of the scrapyards at Davis Monthan.
Registration / Serial:44-77559
Alternate Serial:0-477559
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32955
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA / DMA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:29 April 1997
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:44-77559
Alternate Serial:0-477559
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32955
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA / DMA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:29 April 1997
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:539847Submit Correction
View count: 756
In one of the scrapyards at Davis Monthan.
Registration / Serial:44-77559
Alternate Serial:0-477559
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32955
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFB (KDMA / DMA)Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Photo Date:29 April 1997
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:44-78019
Military Code:478019
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Joe Davies Heritage Airpark
Photo Date:27 November 2022
Photo by:Howard J CurtisContact
Photo ID:536035Submit Correction
View count: 278
C-46D N32229 now beautifully restored in its former markings.
Registration / Serial:44-78019
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:27 November 2022
Photo by:Howard J CurtisContact
Registration / Serial:44-78019
Military Code:478019
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Collection:Joe Davies Heritage Airpark
Photo Date:27 November 2022
Photo by:Howard J CurtisContact
Photo ID:536035Submit Correction
View count: 278
C-46D N32229 now beautifully restored in its former markings.
Registration / Serial:44-78019
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Palmdale - USAF Plant 42 (KPMD / PMD)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:27 November 2022
Photo by:Howard J CurtisContact
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Lufthansa
City / Airport:Düsseldorf - International (EDDL / DUS)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:23 July 1964
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Photo ID:535387Submit Correction
View count: 691
Leased from Capitol Airways. Became C-FAVO in December 1987 and was active in 2017
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Lufthansa
City / Airport:Düsseldorf - International (EDDL / DUS)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:23 July 1964
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Lufthansa
City / Airport:Düsseldorf - International (EDDL / DUS)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:23 July 1964
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Photo ID:535387Submit Correction
View count: 691
Leased from Capitol Airways. Became C-FAVO in December 1987 and was active in 2017
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Lufthansa
City / Airport:Düsseldorf - International (EDDL / DUS)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:23 July 1964
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Alternate Serial:44-77846
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
City / Airport:Boston Brook (CCJ3)Map
Region / Country:New Brunswick, Canada
Photo Date:June 1976
Photo by:Ian WhiteContact
Photo ID:507430Submit Correction
View count: 556
Registration now believed to be C-FAVO
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Alternate Serial:44-77846
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
City / Airport:Boston Brook (CCJ3)Map
Region / Country:New Brunswick, Canada
Photo Date:June 1976
Photo by:Ian WhiteContact
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Alternate Serial:44-77846
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
City / Airport:Boston Brook (CCJ3)Map
Region / Country:New Brunswick, Canada
Photo Date:June 1976
Photo by:Ian WhiteContact
Photo ID:507430Submit Correction
View count: 556
Registration now believed to be C-FAVO
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Alternate Serial:44-77846
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
City / Airport:Boston Brook (CCJ3)Map
Region / Country:New Brunswick, Canada
Photo Date:June 1976
Photo by:Ian WhiteContact
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:(Capitol Airways)
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:8 August 1969
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Photo ID:500929Submit Correction
View count: 636
Later C-FAVO with buffalo Airways
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:(Capitol Airways)
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:8 August 1969
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:(Capitol Airways)
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:8 August 1969
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Photo ID:500929Submit Correction
View count: 636
Later C-FAVO with buffalo Airways
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:(Capitol Airways)
City / Airport:Berlin - Tempelhof (EDDI / THF) (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:8 August 1969
Photo by:Ralf ManteufelContact
Registration / Serial:C-FAVO
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
City / Airport:Yellowknife (CYZF / YZF)Map
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Photo Date:17 June 2013
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:497751Submit Correction
View count: 422
With a puff of smoke, firing up the starboard Double Wasp on a finally successful test after a long morning's work on it by Buffalo's maintenance technicians.
Registration / Serial:C-FAVO
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
City / Airport:Yellowknife (CYZF / YZF)Map
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Photo Date:17 June 2013
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Registration / Serial:C-FAVO
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
City / Airport:Yellowknife (CYZF / YZF)Map
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Photo Date:17 June 2013
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:497751Submit Correction
View count: 422
With a puff of smoke, firing up the starboard Double Wasp on a finally successful test after a long morning's work on it by Buffalo's maintenance technicians.
Registration / Serial:C-FAVO
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Buffalo Airways
City / Airport:Yellowknife (CYZF / YZF)Map
Region / Country:Northwest Territories, Canada
Photo Date:17 June 2013
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Registration / Serial:51-1114
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22318
Operator Titles:Japan - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Japan
Photo Date:1970
Photo from:Bob Garrard CollectionContact
Photo ID:488978Submit Correction
View count: 536
Delivered to the USAAF in June, 1945 as 44-78495 and sold to Japan in January, 1955. Brought back to the States in 1978 as N54584 and has been in Alaska since. The hulk still exists in Fairbanks.
Registration / Serial:51-1114
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22318
Operator Titles:Japan - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Japan
Photo Date:1970
Photo from:Bob Garrard CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:51-1114
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22318
Operator Titles:Japan - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Japan
Photo Date:1970
Photo from:Bob Garrard CollectionContact
Photo ID:488978Submit Correction
View count: 536
Delivered to the USAAF in June, 1945 as 44-78495 and sold to Japan in January, 1955. Brought back to the States in 1978 as N54584 and has been in Alaska since. The hulk still exists in Fairbanks.
Registration / Serial:51-1114
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22318
Operator Titles:Japan - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Japan
Photo Date:1970
Photo from:Bob Garrard CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:44-77481
Alternate Serial:477481
Military Code:X-163
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32877
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Quivering Sal
City / Airport:Clark Field - Diosdado Macapagal International (RPLC / CRK)Map
Country:Philippines
Photo Date:February 1944 to August 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:488109Submit Correction
View count: 501
Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:44-77481
Alternate Serial:477481
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32877
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Clark Field - Diosdado Macapagal International (RPLC / CRK)Map
Country:Philippines
Photo Date:February 1944 to August 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:44-77481
Alternate Serial:477481
Military Code:X-163
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32877
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Quivering Sal
City / Airport:Clark Field - Diosdado Macapagal International (RPLC / CRK)Map
Country:Philippines
Photo Date:February 1944 to August 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:488109Submit Correction
View count: 501
Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:44-77481
Alternate Serial:477481
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32877
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Clark Field - Diosdado Macapagal International (RPLC / CRK)Map
Country:Philippines
Photo Date:February 1944 to August 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:44-77530
Alternate Serial:477530
Military Code:D
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32926
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Country:France
Photo Date:24 March 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:487229Submit Correction
View count: 603
Part of Operation Varsity. One source says this aircraft was lost the same day as the photo but alternative sources say it was lost on April 1. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:44-77530
Alternate Serial:477530
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32926
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Country:France
Photo Date:24 March 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:44-77530
Alternate Serial:477530
Military Code:D
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32926
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Country:France
Photo Date:24 March 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:487229Submit Correction
View count: 603
Part of Operation Varsity. One source says this aircraft was lost the same day as the photo but alternative sources say it was lost on April 1. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:44-77530
Alternate Serial:477530
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32926
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:In Flight
Country:France
Photo Date:24 March 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:XT-810
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22236
Operator Titles:Civil Air Transport - CAT
Aircraft Name:Lanchow
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:October 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:476903Submit Correction
View count: 728
CAT was in the frontlines of the struggle against communism in Asia for decades. In 1948 it operated as CAT-MOC for the Chinese Ministry of Communications. Photo by: Jack Birns / Life
Registration / Serial:XT-810
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22236
Operator Titles:Civil Air Transport - CAT
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:October 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:XT-810
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22236
Operator Titles:Civil Air Transport - CAT
Aircraft Name:Lanchow
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:October 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:476903Submit Correction
View count: 728
CAT was in the frontlines of the struggle against communism in Asia for decades. In 1948 it operated as CAT-MOC for the Chinese Ministry of Communications. Photo by: Jack Birns / Life
Registration / Serial:XT-810
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22236
Operator Titles:Civil Air Transport - CAT
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:October 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:XT-810
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22236
Operator Titles:Civil Air Transport - CAT
Aircraft Name:Lanchow
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:October 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:476744Submit Correction
View count: 1053
Other identities of this airframe: 44-078413, XT-T508, N8410C, B-860, B-912. The aircraft was still active in Vietnam in 1971. Sold for scrap at Tainan, Taiwan in 1974. Photo by: Jack Birns / Life
Registration / Serial:XT-810
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22236
Operator Titles:Civil Air Transport - CAT
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:October 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:XT-810
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22236
Operator Titles:Civil Air Transport - CAT
Aircraft Name:Lanchow
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:October 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:476744Submit Correction
View count: 1053
Other identities of this airframe: 44-078413, XT-T508, N8410C, B-860, B-912. The aircraft was still active in Vietnam in 1971. Sold for scrap at Tainan, Taiwan in 1974. Photo by: Jack Birns / Life
Registration / Serial:XT-810
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):22236
Operator Titles:Civil Air Transport - CAT
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:October 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:CP-973
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32941
Operator Titles:Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC
City / Airport:Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann (SLCB / CBB)Map
Country:Bolivia
Photo Date:26 January 2007
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:456826Submit Correction
View count: 850
Headed by Bolivian aviation legend Rolando Canedo, Lineas Aereas Canedo restored this C-46 to an immaculate standard. Fitted out in passenger configuration with 32 hand stitched leather seats, the company planned to fly the aircraft alongside their equally immaculate C-117D on charters in Bolivia. Unfortunately circumstances brought about largely by a downturn in the Bolivian economy meant the aircraft was seldom flown. Sadly, Rolando passed away in 2019 but both the C-46 and C-117 survive at Cochabamba.
Registration / Serial:CP-973
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32941
Operator Titles:Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC
City / Airport:Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann (SLCB / CBB)Map
Country:Bolivia
Photo Date:26 January 2007
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:CP-973
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32941
Operator Titles:Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC
City / Airport:Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann (SLCB / CBB)Map
Country:Bolivia
Photo Date:26 January 2007
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:456826Submit Correction
View count: 850
Headed by Bolivian aviation legend Rolando Canedo, Lineas Aereas Canedo restored this C-46 to an immaculate standard. Fitted out in passenger configuration with 32 hand stitched leather seats, the company planned to fly the aircraft alongside their equally immaculate C-117D on charters in Bolivia. Unfortunately circumstances brought about largely by a downturn in the Bolivian economy meant the aircraft was seldom flown. Sadly, Rolando passed away in 2019 but both the C-46 and C-117 survive at Cochabamba.
Registration / Serial:CP-973
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):32941
Operator Titles:Líneas Aéreas Canedo - LAC
City / Airport:Cochabamba - Jorge Wilstermann (SLCB / CBB)Map
Country:Bolivia
Photo Date:26 January 2007
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Lufthansa / Capitol Airways
City / Airport:Hanover (EDDV / HAJ)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:21 July 1966
Photo from:Rainer Haufschild Collection (via Neil Aird)Contact
Photo ID:448432Submit Correction
View count: 406
Photographer: Rainer Haufschild. Built for USAAF as 44-77846 delivered February 1945.
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Lufthansa / Capitol Airways
City / Airport:Hanover (EDDV / HAJ)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:21 July 1966
Photo from:Rainer Haufschild Collection (via Neil Aird)Contact
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss-Wright CW-20
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Lufthansa / Capitol Airways
City / Airport:Hanover (EDDV / HAJ)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:21 July 1966
Photo from:Rainer Haufschild Collection (via Neil Aird)Contact
Photo ID:448432Submit Correction
View count: 406
Photographer: Rainer Haufschild. Built for USAAF as 44-77846 delivered February 1945.
Registration / Serial:N9891Z
Aircraft Version:Curtiss C-46D Commando
C/n (msn):33242
Operator Titles:Lufthansa / Capitol Airways
City / Airport:Hanover (EDDV / HAJ)Map
Country:Germany
Photo Date:21 July 1966
Photo from:Rainer Haufschild Collection (via Neil Aird)Contact