The Snapshots in Time Collection

Curtiss C-46 Commando Transport with Ground Personnel, Myitkyina, Burma, WWII (Kotec CBI Collection)

Curtiss C-46 Commando Transport with Ground Personnel, Myitkyina, Burma, WWII (Kotec CBI Collection)

Two servicemen pose beneath the nose of a Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft, likely at the airfield in Myitkyina, Burma, during World War II. The C-46 was the workhorse of the 'Hump' airlift, ferrying critical supplies over the Himalayas from India to China in support of Allied operations in the China-Burma-India Theater. Project: 218046