C-46 Commando / Flying Tiger LineFlying Tiger Line C 46 airplane model. The C 46 was developed from the new and unproven commercial aircraft design, the CW 20, which first flew in March 1940. Deliveries of the AAF C 46s began in July 1942 for the Air Transport Command and Troop Carrier Command. During WW II, the AAF accepted 3,144 C 46s for hauling cargo, personnel and for towing gliders. The C 46 gained its greatest fame during WW II transporting war materials over the "Hump" from