c46

Image property Delta Flight Museum.

First photo of the huge Curtiss C-46D. Not much used in Europe since they came late. 313TCG seems to have got theirs a few months before the end of the war. A great workhorse moving practically anything across the Hump to China from 1943 and onwards. Marred by a weak undercarriage it had many landing and take off accidents, but in Curtiss defence they flew often overloaded....but on the other hand so did the C-47.... Stig

Curtiss C-46D Commando (C-46D-10-CU), USAAF Ser. No. 44-77592 (c/n 32988). This aircraft is reportedly still extant in Korea. See: www.warbirdregistry.org/c46registry/c46-4477592.html

Looks like possibly a DC-3 on the left, and a C-46 on the right. Both planes are still being flown in Alaska today

Wien is the airline Wien Alaska Airlines. The company is named for the Wien family, in particular pioneer Alaska aviator Noel Wien.

Thank you for your valuable input.

The Wien DC-3 to the left of the frame is N21769. Originally built for the US Army Air Forces as a Douglas C-47B (C-47B-DK) (c/n 25634/14189) (ex- USAAF Ser. No. 43-48373) , the aircraft was transferred to the US Navy (as an R4D-6 under the Navy designation system) and given the serial number BuNo 17259. After military service it would be operated by Wien Alaska Airlines (N21769) and the aircraft still flies today as N777YA for Bush Air Cargo. In fact, here it is in the Flickr photostream belonging to Bob Garrard: The C-46 in the foreground (N1548V) was originally delivered to the USAAF (Ser No. 43-47194) (c/n 265) as a Curtiss C-46A Commando (C-46A-55-CK). After the military service, it would fly wearing the registrations OB-OAC-232 and RX-110, before being registered and operated in the United States as N1548V. Here is a circa-July 1962 color photo of the aircraft in the Flickr photostream belonging to Andrew:

Do we know which airport this photo was taken at?