Warplanes of the USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Fairchild aircraft

Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Fairchild

(Fairchild UC-86, USAAF Photo)

(NMUSAF Photos)

Fairchild 24-C8F (UC-61J), Reg. No. N16817, painted in Civil Air Patrol markings as worn during the Second World War.  The civilian production Model 24-C8F on display in th3e NMUSAF, served in the CAP at Coastal Base 2, Rehoboth, Delaware, during the Second World War.  The wartime owner of this airplane, CAP 1stLt M.M. Wilder, was awarded the Air Medal for his service at Coastal Patrol Base 2.  This aircraft has been repainted as it was while flying for the CAP.  It was donated to the museum in 1991 by Lt. Col. (Ret.) George L. Weiss, Fort Washington, Maryland.

(NMUSAF Photos)

Fairchild PT-19A Cornell (Serial No. 41-1466).

Fairchild PT-26, ex-RCAF FH829, USAAF (Serial No. 42-14477), Bill Larkins Photo)

Fairchild PT-26 (Serial No. TBC).

(USAF Photo)

(Library and Archives Canada Photo)

Fairchild C-82 Packet, USAF (Serial No. 44-2300), ca 1950s.

(JustSomePics Photo)

 (NMUSAF Photo)

(Greg Hume Photo)

Fairchild C-82A Packet (Serial No. 48-0581), CQ-581, C/N 10216, painted as (Serial No. 45-57735), CQ-735.

(NMUSAF Photos)

Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar (Serial No. 51-8037), C/N 10915.

(NMUSAF Photos)

Fairchild C-123K Provider (Serial No. 56-4362).  The C-123K on display in the NMUSAF was accepted by the USAF in 1957 as a C-123B, and went to South Vietnam in 1961 to fly as a low-level defoliant sprayer in a program known as "Ranch Hand".  In 1965, it was redesignated to UC-123B.  It saw extensive service during the Southeast Asia War as a dedicated insecticide sprayer to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes.  In 1968, Fairchild converted it to a UC-123K.  Ranch Hand personnel developed a strong symbolic attachment to this aircraft.  It took almost 600 hits in combat, and was named "Patches" for the damage repairs that covered it.  Moreover, seven of its crew received the Purple Heart for wounds received in battle.  Patches came back to the U.S. in 1972, and served in the Air Force Reserve as a C-123K until it was retired to the museum in 1980.

(Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo)

Fairchild T-46A Eaglet (Serial No. 84-0493).  One of three built.

(NMUSAF Photos)

Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 78-0681), MB, C/N A10-0301.  The A-10A on display in the NMUSAF was flown on 21 Jan 1991, by Capt Paul Johnson on an eight-hour rescue support mission during Operation Desert Storm, for which he was awarded the Air Force Cross, the USAF's second highest award for valor.  The aircraft was delivered to the museum in January 1992.

Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 78-0699).  In Storage.

Fairchild Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 79-0223), EL, C/N A10-0487.

Fairchild Republic YA-10A Thunderbolt II (Serial No. 71-1370), C/N 2.