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Fairchild
C-119
Flying Boxcar
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In 1947 Fairchild developed an improved version of their C-82. Following service tests it was ordered into production as the C-119. By the time production ceased in 1955, over 1,100 had been built. The USAF used the Flying Boxcar extensively during the Korean War and as a gunship in Vietnam. The C-119 also served in the air |
forces of Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, India, Italy and Nationalist China. Almost 100 C-119s were built for the U.S. Marine Corps under the designation of R4Q. The remake of the movie |
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