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Re: Broken Nose Commandos
Posted by Ron Henry on Wed Nov 06, 2002 02:03:03 PM
In reply top Broken Nose Commandos posted by Joe Scheil on Tue Nov 05, 2002 03:09:14 PM
: Isn't the F the low production model with the conventional
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: cockpit profile? It's so untypical of Commandos that the
: NASM really needs to think again.
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: No the C-46E is the low production model, and would have b
: een a neat coup for someone. Unfortunatly the C-46E is ex
: tinct. There were 3,180 C-46 airframes produced, and 17 w
: ere E models. There were 550 contracted for, ser. 43-4740
: 3 to 47592 but most were cancelled at the end of the war.
: They were not used by the military and the E was only use
: d as a civilian aircraft, postwar. They had a long and in
: teresting service life and the last one survived until abo
: ut 1972/73. All in all quite a handsome aircraft...
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: JOE
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:
Thanks, Joe. It's sad to hear that they've all gone. That's another one I'm never going to see !
Ron