The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a low-wing, twin-engine aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurized high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports used the name "Condor III" but the Commando name was in use by early 1942 in company publicity. [2] .

DAYTON, Ohio -- Curtiss C-46D Commando at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo) The C-46 was developed from the new and unproven commercial aircraft design, the CW-20, which first flew in March 1940. Deliveries of AAF C-46s began in July 1942 for the Air Transport Command and Troop Carrier Command.

柯蒂斯C-46突击队员（Curtiss C-46 Commando）是由一种商用高空客机设计转变而来的运输机。在二戰時期，它以“R5C”的型號被美國陸軍航空隊、美國海軍和美國海軍陸戰隊用於軍事運輸。

Air America的一架C-46是从战火中的越南西贡飞出的最后一架 固定翼飞机 ，1975年4月29日，机长E. G. Adams驾驶一架定员52名乘客版的C-46，最终搭载152名乘客飞往泰国曼谷。C-46也被用于1961年失败的 猪湾入侵 行动。

柯蒂斯C-46突擊隊員（Curtiss C-46 Commando）是由一種商用高空客機設計轉變而來的運輸機。在二戰時期，它以「R5C」的型號被美國陸軍航空隊、美國海軍和美國海軍陸戰隊用於軍事運輸。

The last C-46 in the Air Force was assigned to the U.S. Southern Command until 1968. It was America's largest and heaviest twin-engine transport in World War II. The C-46 was a low-wing monoplane with retractable landing gear and could obtain a top seed of 269 mph with an operational range of 1,200 miles.

1949年12月31日，国民党空运第20大队11中队1架美制c-46d-5-cu运输机（美军编号44-77423，国军编号c-46295）在广西迷航，降落人民解放军阵地，被我军缴获。 上尉飞行员洪道钟、王湘等13人全部被俘。

抗日战争胜利后，c-46a和c-46d，成为国民党军队的主力运输机。 1948年秋 辽沈战役 开始后，人民解放军在 锦州 机场缴获1架C-46，检修后飞往 牡丹江 海浪机场交 东北老航校 使用。

The C-46 has a maximum speed of 230 knots at 15,000 feet and a cruise speed of 150 knots. It has a travel range of 2,740 nautical miles at 150 knots and 870 nautical miles at 206 knots. The aircraft can fly up to 24,500 feet and can climb at a rate of 1,175 feet per minute.

Curtiss C-46D Commando Designed in the late 1930s as an airliner the Commando was quickly adopted by the Army Air Force because of its particularly large fuselage. The first C-46s entered service in 1942 and proved to be very well suited to military service.