The C-46 Commando comes out of Operation Varsity with a reputation of a deathtrap. What happened, and why was this plane so important for the operation?

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AAF Manual No. 50-16, C-46 Pilot Training Manual.

AN 01-25LA-1, Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions for C-46, May 1945, Appendix 1.

AN 01-40NC-1, Handbook flight operating instructions C-47, November 1944.

AVIA 21-119

Dr. John C. Warren, Airborne Operations in World War II European Theater, USAF Historical Studies: No. 97, Air University, September 1956.

- Timecodes -
00:00 - Intro
00:24 - The problem in a nutshell
01:00 - Potential causes
01:27 - Benefits of C-46 Commando for Varsity
03:36 - C-47 vs C-46 and the glider problem
05:10 - Carrying capacity calucation
06:04 - C-46 Casualties and the context
07:26 - Crashing C-46 on take-off
09:44 - Recommendations
10:24 - Outro

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Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound