Curtiss C-46 Commando
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The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| C-46 Commando | 5 |
| Curtiss C-46 Commando canonical | 4 |
| Curtiss C‑46 Commando | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T753169 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Curtiss C-46 Commando Context triple: [The Hump airlift over the Himalayas, usedAircraft, Curtiss C-46 Commando]
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Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
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B.
North American B-25B Mitchell
The North American B-25B Mitchell is a twin‑engine medium bomber used by the United States during World War II, most famously in the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Japan.
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C.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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D.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar is a twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Air Force and other operators from the late 1940s through the 1960s for cargo, troop, and paratroop operations.
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E.
Douglas A-26 Invader
The Douglas A-26 Invader is a World War II–era American twin‑engine light bomber and ground-attack aircraft that later saw extensive service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Curtiss C-46 Commando Target entity description: The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
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A.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
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B.
North American B-25B Mitchell
The North American B-25B Mitchell is a twin‑engine medium bomber used by the United States during World War II, most famously in the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Japan.
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C.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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D.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar is a twin-boom, twin-engine military transport aircraft used extensively by the U.S. Air Force and other operators from the late 1940s through the 1960s for cargo, troop, and paratroop operations.
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E.
Douglas A-26 Invader
The Douglas A-26 Invader is a World War II–era American twin‑engine light bomber and ground-attack aircraft that later saw extensive service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II aircraft
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military transport aircraft ⓘ twin-engine aircraft ⓘ |
| capacity |
up to 15,000 lb of cargo
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up to 40 troops ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 290 km/h ⓘ |
| designedFor |
high-altitude operations
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long-range transport ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | two radial engines ⓘ |
| engineType | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp ⓘ |
| feature |
large cargo doors
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pressurized fuselage in early design (later mostly unpressurized in service) ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1940-03-26 ⓘ |
| height | approximately 6.6 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1941 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | approximately 23.3 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Curtiss-Wright Corporation ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 435 km/h ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | approximately 22,700 kg ⓘ |
| nicknamed |
Commando
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Dumbo ⓘ The Whale ⓘ |
| notableOperation | Hump airlift over the Himalayas ⓘ |
| powerplant | 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engines ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
United States Army Air Forces
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United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| range | approximately 4,800 km ⓘ |
| role |
aerial resupply
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airliner ⓘ cargo transport ⓘ paratroop transport ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 7,300 m ⓘ |
| status | retired from military service ⓘ |
| successorTo | Curtiss CW-20 design ⓘ |
| usedBy |
China National Aviation Corporation
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Civil Air Transport ⓘ Flying Tigers Line ⓘ South American airlines postwar ⓘ cargo operators worldwide postwar ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Korean War
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World War II ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 32.9 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Curtiss C-46 Commando Description of subject: The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
Referenced by (10)
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