RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 6017. Fairchild 110 C-119F Flying Boxcar (51-8146 c/n 149) US Air Force
Photographed ca. 1954, courtesy The Fairchild Corporation
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01/22/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This C-119F-KM was built by the Kaiser Manufacturing Corporation at Willow Run, Michigan, USA. This aircraft was the first support aircraft assigned to the the 3600th Air Demonstration Team ('The Thunderbirds') and performed that function between 1954 and 1957 until replaced by C-123Bs. It was later assigned to an Air Force Reserve troop carrier wing." |
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