Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te puna o te tau 1945, i rere anō ngā kōwae kaipuke hoia o te Ninth Air Force i ngā kōwae parahu me ngā kōwae rererangi ā-rangi i te wā o
Operation Varsity, te whakaekenga a te Allied i runga i te awa o Rhine i te 24 o Poutu-te-rangi 1945. Ko te Operation Varsity te putanga rererangi nui rawa atu i roto i te hitori. Ko te mahi i kite i te whakamahinga tuatahi o te Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando transport i Uropi, e mahi ana me te C-47 Skytrain pono o nga mahi rererangi o mua, he whakamatautau i mutu me te ngaronga kino o te 28% o nga C-46 e whai waahi ana.