On this day in 1942 the Curtiss-Wright Corporation delivered the first C–46 Commando to the Army Air Force. The C-46 becomes famous for its use in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater, flying supplies over Himalaya Mountains, “the Hump”. The largest twin-engine aircraft in the world at time, over 3,000 C-46s were build in the Curtiss-Wright plant on Cayuga Road at the Buffalo Airport.
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