Canadian Warplanes 5: The Post War Piston Era, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
RCAF, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Data current to 8 Dec 2019.
(RCAF Photo via Mike Kaehler)
Fairchild CC-119 Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22106), 435 Sqn, doing a run-up at Resolute Bay.
Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar (35), (Serial Nos. 22101-22135).
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was a military transport aircraft developed from the Second World War era Fairchild C-82 Packet. It was designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute. The first C-119 made its initial flight in November 1947, and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 C-119s had been built. Its cargo-hauling ability and unusual twin-boom design earned it the nickname "Flying Boxcar". The RCAF received 35 new C-119Fs delivered from 1953, later upgraded to C-119G standard.
(DND Photo via Chris Charland)
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22126), possibly Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, ca 1950s.

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, (Serial No. 22101), 22 Sep 1952. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584722)

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, (Serial No. 22101). (DND Photo via James Craik)

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22102), 22 Sep 1952. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584721)

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcars, (Serial Nos. 22101 and 22102), 22 Sep 1952, 435 Sqn. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3228256)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22102), UN, late 1956. (DND Photo via James Craik)

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22102), ca 1958. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3951061)

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22104). (RCAF Photo)

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22106). (RCAF Photo via Mike Kaehler)

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22110), dropping supplies. (RCAF Photo)
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22110). (DND Photo via James Craik)

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22110), in flight. (RCAF Photo)

Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22111) cn 10776, later Reg. No. N8093, Hagerstown Aviation Museum, Maryland. (DND Photo via James Craik and Shaun Mullins)

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22112). (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584858)

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22112). (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584861)

Fairchild C-119 Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22117), Air Force Day, Rockecliff, Ontario, 1955. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3585147)

Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22120), c/n 1087 of the Central Experimental and Proving Establishment (CEPE), Uplands, Ottawa. (RCAF Photo)
(RCAF Photo via Mike Kaehler)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22120), c/n 1087 of the Central Experimental and Proving Establishment (CEPE), Uplands, Ottawa, 4 May 1961, later N961S.
(Historic Edmonton Photo)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar over Edmonton, Alberta, ca 1950s.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22127). (Peter Behring Photo)
(RCAF Photo via Mike Kaehler)
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, RCAF (Serial No. 22133) being loaded through the front and rear doors at North Luffenham, England.

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcars (Serial Nos. 22129, 22133 and 009), 435 & 436 Sqns, Rivers, Manitoba. (DND Photo via James Craik)

Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22133), Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories. This aircraft was retired and went on to fly in the civilian world as Reg. No. N383S, with Hawkins & Powers in Wyoming as Tanker No. 133. (RCAF photo via Fred Paradie)

Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22134), RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. (DND Photo via James Craik)
Although none are preserved in Canada, quite a few former RCAF C-119s have been preserved in the USA.
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22101), Fort Campbell, Clarksville, Tennessee.
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22103), USAF (Serial No. 51-2689), c/n 10678, Reg. No. N8092, 03, National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, New York.
(Martin McGuire Photo)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22105), painted as a USAF C-119G (Serial No. 51-2680), Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, Niagara Falls, New York.
(Author Photo)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22106), c/n 10773, Tanker 06, Reg. No. N5215, Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, Greybull, Wyoming. Reg. No. N3003. Pride Capital Group, Deerfield, Illinois.
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22107), painted as USAF (Serial No. 52-2107), Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Roy, Utah.
Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22108), Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, Greybull, Wyoming.
(Author Photo)
Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22111), Hagerstown Aviation Museum, Hagerstown, Maryland.
(Author Photo)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22113), Tanker 136, Reg. No. N5216R. Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, Greybull, Wyoming.
(Alan Wilson Photo)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22114), Aerospace Museum of California, McClelland, California.
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22116), Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia.
(AMCM Photo)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22118), painted as USAF (Serial No. 51-2881), Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware.
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22122), painted as USAF (Serial No. 51-0906), March Field Air Museum, Riverside, California.
(RCAF Photo via Daniel White)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22130), (Serial No. 10955), currently Reg. No. N15501.
(Alan Wilson Photo)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22130), (Serial No. 10955), N15501, Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye, Arizona.
(Alan Wilson Photo)
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22134), USAF (Serial No. 53-22134), Travis AFB Heritage Centre, Travis AFB, Fairfield, California.
Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 22135), Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, Greybull, Wyoming.
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