Yes the C-46 looks similar to the C-47, but does not have the graceful lines nor longevity of the latter.
I was with a company called Southern Air Transport operating out of Miami International back in the early 70s and we had a few C-46s. They were an interesting g contrast to our other aircraft, a “civilian” version of the C-130.
Ah! The good old days! Well at least from my perspective of today.
The C-46 had a lot more in it that could go wrong than the C-47.
Whatever became of that C-46 that landed in the desert where the crew stood off the sheriff at gunpoint and then they took off for Mexico and were never seen again?
Yes, two different companies (Curtis vs. Douglas).....one can’t help but think the Douglas designers took a cue from Curtis, though. Yet the B-29 designers went back to that characteristic ballistic nose.