called the “flying coffin” - I was a passenger several times flying into Korea, 52’-’53. They claim if power is lost in one engine, the other cannot keep her up.
I remember my father telling me when I was a kid. “I was in Kunming when the Burma road opened. Every single Studebaker truck was being towed by a GMC. I was never a Studebaker fan again.”
There is at least one still in service, based in Fairbanks, AK. My son-in law works on this one:
https://evertsair.com/about/our-fleet/curtiss-wright-c-46