C-46

A GI rides a motorcycle at a base in the CBI, while a C-46 transport plane is parked in the background. 1944. Photo from James H. Aurelius.

C-46 doing airdrop training in the CBI during WWII. 4th C.C. Group , 15th C.C. Squadron.

Two C-46's and a smaller aircraft at 1311th AAFBU at Gaya, India, during WWII.

L. Kelly (CASC) and R. Leo Braun ( 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron) in front of C-46 "The Southern Queen" in the CBI during WWII. Photo from M. J. Hollman.

A C-46 hard on its belly in the CBI during WWII. Photo from James Streitwieder.

C-46 in Peking (Beijing) after the war, "... had to make our own approach using the signal from an old AM radio station at Peking after the war." In the CBI. Photo from Senator Ted Stevens.

A C-46 Dumbo cargo airplane, #112413, on the ground, with cargo handlers, in the CBI.

"Loading or unloading a jeep on or off of a C-46, obviously somewhere in the CBI." Photo from Al Grasi.

A C-46 transport plane, tail #112410, in a ditch because of brake failure at Kunming, China, during WWII. ICW-ATC, probably 1943. Photo from Robert L. Cowan.

General Chennault on the flight line in conference with pilot officers, navigators, and bombardiers, while a camera crew catches it all in this contrived scene. In SW China, during WWII. See another set of related images here.