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Description
| Manufacturer: | Fairchild | |
| Base model: | C-119 | |
| Designation: | C-119 | |
| Version: | F | |
| Nickname: | Flying Boxcar | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
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Specifications
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Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Hill Aerospace Museum | Hill AFB | Utah |
| March Field Air Museum | Riverside | California |
| McClellan Aviation Museum | McClellan AFB | California |
| Mid-Atlantic Air Museum | Reading | Pennsylvania |
C-119F on display
Hill Aerospace Museum | McClellan Aviation Museum | Mid-Atlantic Air Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Reed Dearing Jacksonville, FL | Howard Haddon is right; we had flying NAPs in VMR 353 MAG 45 3rd MAW in MCAS Miami; one named Murphy, a Master Sargent; flew in Nicaragua back in the 30's, when he dressed out for parade, he wore the Congressional Medal of Honor as i recall. Great guy to fly with. The Queenies may have been high maintenence, but they flew great! 12/07/2007 @ 12:32 [ref: 18836] |
| Bill Barber Chesapeake, VA | My hats off to all the mechanics that kept the "Q's" flying. I was a Q Plane Commander for ten years. That bird took me all over the world; SE Asia and Europe. I accumulated over 4500 hours. My one and only mishap was an engine out in 1953 just past Charleston WV. The Q wasn't the most beautiful aircraft to be sure. It had lots to be desired but did perform what it was designed for. The 130 would have been prettier and better but was not available during that time. I will admit that during heavy weather the cockpit did have a few water leaks.
S/F Bill 04/28/2007 @ 09:03 [ref: 16330] |
| Howard Haddon , CA | Tom Miller, Columbus, OH is full of crap... several R4Q2 flying Marine Corps master sargents are alive and well and flew clear into the 1960's....... 04/22/2007 @ 08:26 [ref: 16273] |
| Tom Miller Columbus, OH | This sonp-of-a-bitch aircraft killed the last flying Master Sergeant in the Marine Corps. This occurred during take off at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C., in 1952. It was a worthless piece of crap. 04/05/2007 @ 04:40 [ref: 16100] |
| Tom Miller Columbus, OH | This sonp-of-a-bitch aircraft killed the last flying Master Sergeant in the Marine Corps. This occurred during take off at MCAS Cherry Point, N.C., in 1952. It was a worthless piece of crap. 04/05/2007 @ 04:40 [ref: 16099] |
| Joe Stewart Irving, TX | I'm trying to locate photo's of the C-119F's assigned, and painted with the USAF Thunderbirds scheme in 1954, 1955.
The serial # on one of these is 51-8146. Thanks, Joe 03/07/2005 @ 21:50 [ref: 9646] |
| Lance Bicknell Woodstock, ON | I am trying to track the history of C-119F-FA USAF serial number 51-2689, which apparently flew with the USAF and was sold to the RCAF in 1952. It was built in 1948 and it's construction number was 10678. I have found that it had a long and interesting with the RCAF, but I know nothing about it's service in the USAF.
Anyone who know of the a/c or flew it in the USAF, please contact me as soon as possible. Thank You Lance Bicknell 09/01/2002 @ 17:47 [ref: 5599] |
| Cliff Scott Ottawa, ON | The Royal Canadian Air Force had two squadrons of the C-119F back in the 1950's and later. (435, 436) We flew across the Atlantic in them and over the Mediterranean in the 1956 Suez crisis. They were relatively comfortable and trustworthy although we were a little worried about losing an engine over the Atlantic! We also flew them on Arctic resupply all through the Arctic archipelago. The longest flight I ever logged was 11hours 45 minutes bucking headwinds from Lages in the Azores to Moncton, N.B. in 1956.
We ahd a long range tank in the cargo compartment and a lot of 45 gallon drums of avgas. We were lucky! 01/30/2002 @ 16:47 [ref: 4219] |
| Steve Fraiser Yucaipa, CA | There is a complete engine sitting on the ground from a C-119. The craft went down during a brush fire. The damage is so...so...
Can lead you to it if need be. Steve 11/18/2001 @ 02:35 [ref: 3662] |
| Reed Dearing Macclenny, Florida, FL | I was an aircraft electrician (AE)in the USMC from 1954-1958 and served with VMR-353 MAG-45 MCAS Miami. We had 14 R4Q-2 and flew all the Carribean, Soputh America, Panama, Cuba and US. Later, flew to Africa. Squadron moved to Cherry Point, N.C. and I don't know where after that. R4Q-2 required lots of maintenence. The engines were fine. We later installed APS42 radar (made by Bendix) in a black nose cone. In four years we lost two; engine fire off Miami; crashed in the ocean. Lost another trying to make an obsticle landing at MCAS Miami; right engine went into reverse pitch (I said engines were fine - those Hamilton Standard props were something else). Plane was so damaged we used it for scap and parts. Had some scary moments flying out of Puerto Rico, but all in all - I survived! 07/18/2001 @ 05:36 [ref: 2698] |
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