List of accidents and incidents involving the Curtiss C-46 Commando
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List of accidents and incidents involving the Curtiss C-46 Commando
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The Curtiss 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 World War II by the United States Army Air Forces as well as the U.S. Navy/Marine Corps under the designation R5C. Known to the men who flew them as "The Whale," or the "Curtiss Calamity," the C-46 served a similar role as its counterpart, the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, but was not as extensively produced. After World War II, a few
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Curtiss_C-46_Commando
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2011-08-16T11:41:50Z
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2024-09-04T16:24:15Z
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