World War II Transport Aircraft: World War II British Transport Aircraft, World War II Italian Transport Aircraft

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: World War II British transport aircraft, World War II Italian transport aircraft, World War II Japanese transport aircraft, World War II transport aircraft of Germany, World War II transport aircraft of the United States, Kawasaki Ki-56, Douglas DC-3, Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando, Junkers Ju 52, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Messerschmitt Me 323, Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Junkers Ju 390, Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, Junkers Ju 90, Lisunov Li-2, Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan, Junkers G.38, Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express, Messerschmitt Me 321, Yakovlev Yak-14, Caproni Ca.133, Savoia-Marchetti S.73, Lockheed XC-35, Savoia-Marchetti S.83, Mitsubishi Ki-57, Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress, Gribovski G-11, De Havilland Flamingo, Antonov A-7, Junkers Ju 252, Blohm & Voss BV 144, Fiat G.12, Siebel Fh 104, Junkers Ju 322, Kokusai Ku-7, Junkers Ju 352, Kolesnikov-Tsibin KC-20, DFS 230, DFS 331, Savoia-Marchetti S.74, Kokusai Ku-8, Waco CG-3, Maeda Ku-1, Fieseler Fi 333. Excerpt: The Curtiss-Wright 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 surplus C-46 aircraft were briefly used in their original role as passenger airliners, but the glut of surplus C-47s dominated the marketplace with the C-46 soon relegated to primarily cargo duty. The type continued in U.S. Air Force service in a secondary role until 1968. However, the C-46 continues in operation as a rugged cargo transp...