| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | "51-2881" |
| Alternate Registration: | 0-12881 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairchild C-119/R4Q Flying Boxcar |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| C/n (msn): | 10870 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Dover - Dover AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | Delaware, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDOV IATA: DOV Local: DOV Other: - |
| Collection: | Air Mobility Command Museum |
| Photo Date: | 15 April 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 529631 |
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This Flying Boxcar was delivered new to the RCAF as a C-119F with the serial 22118. It was coverted to a C-119G and flew for a short time for the UN. After retirement by the RCAF in 1965 it was converted to an air tanker and given the US registration N3559. The museum has restored the plane to resemble a USAF plane flying with the 512th Airlift Wing, which used Boxcars from 1957-1965. The painted serial is the one that would (most probably) have been assigned had the plane been ordered by the USAF, instead it was allocated to serial was originally assigned to a F-86F. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 14 December 2022, and has since been viewed 351 times. |