Curtiss C-46 Commando

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The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Curtiss C-46 Commando (The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.)

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Curtiss C-46 Commando canonical 10
C-46 Commando 7
Curtiss C‑46 Commando 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ
twin-engine aircraft ⓘ
capacity up to 15,000 lb of cargo ⓘ
up to 40 troops ⓘ
contemporaryOf Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 4 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed approximately 290 km/h ⓘ
designedFor high-altitude operations ⓘ
long-range transport ⓘ
engineConfiguration two radial engines ⓘ
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp ⓘ
feature large cargo doors ⓘ
pressurized fuselage in early design (later mostly unpressurized in service) ⓘ
firstFlight 1940-03-26 ⓘ
height approximately 6.6 m ⓘ
introduced 1941 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ
length approximately 23.3 m ⓘ
manufacturer Curtiss-Wright Corporation ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 435 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight approximately 22,700 kg ⓘ
nicknamed Commando ⓘ
Dumbo ⓘ
The Whale ⓘ
notableOperation Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ
powerplant 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines ⓘ
primaryUser United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
range approximately 4,800 km ⓘ
role aerial resupply ⓘ
airliner ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ
paratroop transport ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 7,300 m ⓘ
status retired from military service ⓘ
successorTo Curtiss CW-20 design ⓘ
usedBy China National Aviation Corporation ⓘ
Civil Air Transport ⓘ
Flying Tigers Line ⓘ
South American airlines postwar ⓘ
cargo operators worldwide postwar ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
wingspan approximately 32.9 m ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Hump airlift over the Himalayas → usedAircraft → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
Air Transport Command → aircraftUsed → Curtiss C‑46 Commando ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Hump → notableAircraftType → C-46 Commando ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
Eastern Provincial Airways → operatedAircraftType → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
Civil Air Transport → aircraftUsed → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
Waco CG-4 → tugAircraft → C-46 Commando ⓘ
subject linked to: Waco CG-4 glider
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
Operation Magic Carpet → notableAircraftType → C-46 Commando ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
Air America → aircraftUsed → C-46 Commando ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
Curtiss-Wright Corporation → notableAircraft → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
The Aluminum Trail → aircraftTypeUsed → C-46 Commando ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
Flying Tigers Line → operatedAircraftType → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
Commando → hasFormalDesignation → Curtiss C‑46 Commando ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Whale → refersTo → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
Dumbo → refersTo → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
Dumbo → variantOf → Curtiss C‑46A ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
Dumbo → variantOf → Curtiss C‑46D ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
Curtiss CW-20 → developedInto → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
subject linked to: Curtiss CW-20 design
Curtiss CW-20 → successor → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
subject linked to: Curtiss CW-20 design
United States Army Air Forces in World War II → aircraftUsed → C-46 Commando ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando
CAT → operatedAircraftType → Curtiss C-46 Commando ⓘ
air support from Air America → usedAircraftType → C-46 Commando ⓘ
linked to: Curtiss C-46 Commando