Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar#Surviving aircraft

The Air Force C-119 and Navy R4Q was initially a redesign of the earlier C-82 Packet, built between 1945 and 1948. The Packet had provided limited service to the Air Force's Tactical Air Command and Military Air Transport Service before its design was found to have several serious problems. Though it continued in service until replaced, all of these were addressed in the C-119, which had its first test flight already in 1947.

To improve pilot visibility, enlarge the cargo area, and streamline aerodynamics, the C-119 cockpit was moved forward to fit flush with the nose, rather than over the cargo compartment. The correspondingly longer fuselage resulted in more usable cargo space and larger loads than the C-82 could accommodate. The C-119 also got new engines, with 60% more power, four-bladed props to three, and a wider and stronger airframe. The first C-119 prototype (called the XC-82B) made its initial flight in November 1947, with deliveries of C-119Bs from Fairchild's Hagerstown, Maryland factory beginning in December 1949.Swanborough and Bowers 1963, pp. 262–263.

In 1951, Henry J. Kaiser was awarded a contract to assemble additional C-119s at the Kaiser-Frazer automotive factory located in the former B-24 plant at Willow Run Airport in Belleville, Michigan. Initially, the Kaiser-built C-119F differed from the Fairchild aircraft by the use of Wright R-3350-85 Duplex Cyclone engines in place of Fairchild's use of the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major radial engine. Kaiser built 71 C-119s at Willow Run in 1952 and 1953 (AF Ser. No. 51-8098 to 51-8168) before converting the factory for a planned production of the Chase C-123 that never eventuated. The Kaiser sub-contract was frowned upon by Fairchild, and efforts were made through political channels to stop Kaiser's production, which may have proven successful. Following Kaiser's termination of C-119 production the contract for the C-123 was instead awarded to Fairchild. Most Kaiser-built aircraft were issued to the U.S. Marine Corps as R4Qs, with several later turned over to the South Vietnamese air force in the 1970s, a few others were later shipped to Belgium and Italy.{{Cite web|title=Registration Details For MM51-8113 (Italian Air Force-Aeronautica Militare) C-119J Flying Boxcar - PlaneLogger|url=https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/MM51-8113/932247|access-date=2021-07-14|website=www.planelogger.com}}

The AC-119G Shadow gunship variant was fitted with four six-barrel 7.62×51mm NATO miniguns, armor plating, flare launchers, and night-capable infrared equipment. Like the AC-130 that replaced it, the AC-119 proved to be a potent weapon. The AC-119 was made more deadly by the introduction of the AC-119K Stinger version, which featured the addition of two General Electric M61 Vulcan 20 mm caliber cannon, improved avionics, and two underwing-mounted General Electric J85-GE-17 turbojet engines, adding nearly {{convert|6000|lbf|kN|abbr=on}} of thrust.

Other major variants included the EC-119J, used for satellite tracking, and the YC-119H Skyvan prototype, with larger wings and tail.

In civilian use, many C-119s feature the "Jet-Pack" modification, which incorporates a {{convert|3400|lbf|abbr=on}} Westinghouse J34 turbojet engine in a nacelle above the fuselage.

Number built and delivered: 1,183:

• 1,112 by Fairchild
• 71 by Kaiser-Frazer Corp

Two additional airframes were built by Fairchild for static tests.

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The aircraft saw extensive action during the Korean War as a troop and equipment transport. {{citation needed span|In July 1950, four C-119s were sent to FEAF for service tests.|date=March 2020}} Two months later, the C-119 deployed with the 314th Troop Carrier Group and served in Korea throughout the war.Lloyd 2005, pp. 55, 165.

In December 1950, after People's Republic of China Expeditionary People's Volunteer Army troops blew up a bridge {{#tag:ref|The Chinese actually blew up three bridges in succession at the same point: the original concrete span, a wooden replacement, and a third M-2 steel treadway portable bridge installed by U.S. combat engineers.Mossman, Billy C., ''EBB AND FLOW: NOVEMBER 1950 – JULY 1951, p. 137. |group=N}}at a narrow point on the evacuation route between Koto-ri and Hungnam, blocking the withdrawal of U.N. forces, eight U.S. Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcars flown by the 314th Troop Carrier Group {{cite news |url=https://www.littlerock.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/357188/314th-delivers-bridge-to-combat-troops/ |title=314th delivers bridge to combat troops |work=littlerock.af.mil|last=Rumley |first=Chris |date=May 18, 2010 |access-date=June 11, 2017}}{{#tag:ref|Other sources state that the eight Flying Boxcars used on the bridge mission were U.S. Marine Corps R4Qs.|group=N}} were used to drop portable bridge sections by parachute. The bridge, consisting of eight separate sixteen-foot long, 2,900-pound sections, was dropped one section at a time, using two parachutes on each section. Four of these sections, together with additional wooden extensions were successfully reassembled into a replacement bridge by Marine Corps combat engineers and the US Army 58th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company, enabling U.N. forces to reach Hungnam.

From 1951 to 1962, C-119C, F and G models served with U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) and Far East Air Forces (FEAF) as the first-line Combat Cargo units, and did yeoman work as freight haulers with the 60th Troop Carrier Wing, the 317th Troop Carrier Wing and the 465th Troop Carrier Wing in Europe, based first in Germany and then in France with roughly 150 aircraft operating anywhere from Greenland to India. A similar number of aircraft served in the Pacific and the Far East. In 1958, the 317th absorbed the 465th, and transitioned to the C-130s, but the units of the former 60th Troop Carrier Wing, the 10th, 11th and 12th Troop Carrier Squadrons, continued to fly C-119s until 1962, the last non-Air Force Reserve and non-Air National Guard operational units to fly the "Boxcars."

The USAF Strategic Air Command had C-119 Flying Boxcars in service from 1955 to 1973.

Perhaps the most remarkable use of the C-119 was the aerial recovery of balloons, UAVs, and even satellites. The first use of this technique was in 1955, when C-119s were used to recover Ryan AQM-34 Firebee unmanned targets.{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=John W. |title=Mid-Air Retrieval of Heavy, Earth-Returning Space Systems|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20160007968.pdf |website=NASA |date=23 June 2016 |access-date=26 September 2018}} The 456th Troop Carrier Wing, which was attached to the Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 25 April 1955 – 26 May 1956, used C-119s to retrieve instrument packages from high-altitude reconnaissance balloons. C-119s from the 6593rd Test Squadron based at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii performed several aerial recoveries of film-return capsules during the early years of the Corona spy satellite program. On 19 August 1960, the recovery by a C-119 of film from the Corona mission code-named Discoverer 14 was the first successful recovery of film from an orbiting satellite and the first aerial recovery of an object returning from Earth orbit.[https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1960-010A "Discoverer 14 – NSSDC ID: 1960-010A."] NASA. Retrieved: 28 June 2011.

The C-119 went on to see extensive service in French Indochina, beginning in 1953 with aircraft secretly loaned by the CIA to French forces for troop support. These aircraft were generally flown in French markings by American CIA pilots often accompanied by French officers and support staff. The C-119 was to play a major role during the siege at Dien Bien Phu, where they flew into increasingly heavy fire while dropping supplies to the besieged French forces.Grandolini 1996, pp. 52–60. The only two American pilot casualties of the siege at Dien Bien Phu were James B. McGovern Jr. and Wallace A. Buford. Both pilots, together with a French crew member, were killed in early June, 1954, when their C-119, while making an artillery drop, was hit and crippled by Viet Minh anti-aircraft fire; the aircraft then flew an additional {{convert|75|mi}} into Laos before it crashed.

During the Sino-Indian War of 1962, the C-119 was extensively used to supply Indian forces. President Kennedy allowed sales of spare C-119 on a priority basis upon request by the Indian government. It also played two major parts in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, being one of the aircraft types used to transport army paratroopers for the Tangail Airdrop, and after 1971/12/16 93,000 Pakistani POW's to India pending negotiations for their trial or repatriation.

During the Vietnam War, the incredible success of the Douglas AC-47 Spooky continued, but limitations of the size and carrying capacity of the plane led the USAF to develop a larger plane to carry more surveillance gear, weaponry, and ammunition, the AC-130 Spectre. However, due to the strong demands of C-130s for cargo use there were not enough Hercules frames to provide Spectres for operations against the enemy. The USAF filled the gap by converting C-119s into AC-119s each equipped with four 7.62 minigun pods, a Xenon searchlight, night observation sight, flare launcher, fire control computer and TRW fire control safety display to prevent incidents of friendly fire. The new AC-119 squadron was given the call-sign "Creep" that launched a wave of indignation that led the Air Force to change the name to "Shadow" on 1 December 1968.pp. 213–214 Chinnery, Philip Any Time, Any Place Airlife Publishing Ltd 1994 C-119Gs were modified as AC-119G Shadows and AC-119K Stingers. They were used successfully in both close air support missions in South Vietnam and interdiction missions against trucks and supplies along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. All the AC-119G Gunships were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Air Force starting in 1970 as the American forces began to be withdrawn.

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During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Air National Guard and USAF Reserve pilots flew C-119's to drop parachutist students for the US Army Parachute School at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

After retirement from USAF active duty, substantial numbers of C-119s and R4Qs soldiered on in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard until the mid-1970s, the R4Qs also being redesignated as C-119s in 1962. The last military use of the C-119 by the United States ended in 1974 when a single squadron of Navy Reserve C-119s based at Naval Air Facility Detroit/Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Detroit, Michigan, and two squadrons based at Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, California replaced their C-119s with newer aircraft.

Many C-119s were provided to other nations as part of the Military Assistance Program, including Belgium, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Italy, Jordan, Taiwan, and (as previously mentioned) South Vietnam. The type was also used by the Royal Canadian Air Force, and by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps under the designation R4Q until 1962 when they were also redesignated as C-119.

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A number of aircraft were acquired by companies that were contracted by federal agencies, including the United States Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to provide airtankers for fighting wildfires. Others were used in civilian cargo service. After a series of crashes, the age and safety of the aircraft being used as airtankers became a serious concern, and the U.S. C-119 airtanker fleet was permanently grounded in 1987. Eventually, many of these aircraft were provided to museums across the U.S. in a complicated – and ultimately illegal – scheme where stored USAF Lockheed C-130 Hercules transports and Navy Lockheed P-3 Orion anti-submarine patrol aircraft were provided to the contractors in exchange for the C-119s.[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=9th&navby=case&no=9810173 "United States v. Fuchs"] U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Appeal 9810173, filed July 6, 2000. Retrieved: 28 June 2011. (See U.S. Forest Service airtanker scandal.) After the end of the airtanker days, many C-119s flew in Alaska for Northern Pacific Transport, Gifford Aviation, Stebbins & Ambler Air transport, and Delta Associates, being used for public service contracts, such as hauling building materials to the villages in the bush of Alaska that have no road access.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Several aircraft were observed, as late as 1990, by paratroopers with the 6th Infantry Division, to be in Forest Service use as jump planes for "smokejumper" firefighters in Alaska. These aircraft were boarded and toured, by the Army paratroopers, at Ft Wainwright, Alaska.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

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;XC-119A

:The XC-82B modified to production standards, later became C-119A, then EC-119A as an electronics test bed.

;C-119B

:Production variant with two P&W R-4360-30 engines, 55 built.

;C-119C

:As C-119B with dorsal fins added and tailplane extensions removed, 303 built.

;YC-119D

:Project for a version with three-wheeled landing gear and removable pod, was designated XC-128A, none built.

;YC-119E

:Project for a version of the 119D with two R-3350 engines, was designated XC-128B, none built.

;YC-119F

:One C-119C modified with two R-3350-85 engines.

;C-119F

:Production variant, (71 produced by Henry Kaiser with Wright R-3350 engines), 256 built for the USAF and RCAF.

;C-119G

:As C-119F with different propellers, 480 built, some converted from Fairchild or Kaiser built C-119F.

;AC-119G Shadow

:C-119G modified as gunships, 26 conversions.

;YC-119H

:Re-designed version with extended wing and modified tail surface, one converted from a C-119C.

;C-119J

:C-119F and G converted with a modified rear fuselage, 62 conversions.

;EC-119J

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:Conversions for satellite tracking.

;MC-119J

:Used for aircraft equipped for medical evacuation role.

;RC-119

:Reconnaissance aircraft used by the Vietnamese Air Force

;YC-119K

:One C-119G modified with two General Electric J85 turbojets in underwing pods.

;C-119K

:Five C-119Gs modified as YC-119K.

;AC-119K Stinger

:C-119G modified to C-119K standard as gunships, 26 conversions.

;C-119L

:Modified variant of the C-119Gs, 22 conversions.

;XC-120 Packplane

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:One C-119B converted with removable cargo pod.

;C-128

:Initially used designation for YC-119D and YC-119E variant.

;R4Q-1

:United States Navy & United States Marine Corps version of the C-119C, 39 built.

;R4Q-2

:United States Navy and United States Marine Corps version of the C-119F, later re-designated C-119F, 58 built.

;Steward-Davis Jet-Pak C-119:Civil conversions of Fairchild C-119s with {{cvt|3400|lbf|kN}} Westinghouse J34-WE-36 dorsal jet-pods. Increased take-off weight of {{cvt|77000|lb}}. 29 jet-pak kits were supplied to the US civil market and 27 to the Indian Air Force.

;Steward-Davis Stolmaster:A single C-119 conversion, with quick-attach J34 jet-packs. A single conversion in 1967.

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;{{BEL}}

• Belgian Air Force received 40 new aircraft using Mutual Defense Air Program (MDAP) funds delivered from 1952, 18 x C-119F and 22 C-119Gs. Six surplus Kaiser-built USAF C-119G were acquired in 1960. All C-119F were retired in 1955 shortly after the arrival of last C-119G, eight were sold to Royal Norwegian Air Force after being rebuilt to C-119G specs by Sabena technicians, the remaining ten were sent to Spain but proved unsuccessful and were ultimately re-acquired by Belgian Air Force in 1960–1961, rebuilt as C-119G.{{Cite web|title=Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar|url=https://www.belgian-wings.be/fairchild-c-119f-fb|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Belgian Wings}}{{Cite web|title=Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar|url=https://www.belgian-wings.be/fairchild-c-119g-flying-boxcar|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Belgian Wings}}

;{{BRA}}

• Brazilian Air Force received 11 former USAF C-119Gs using Military Aid Program funding in 1962. An additional USAF C-119G was acquired in 1962 as an attrition replacement.
• 2nd Squadron of the 1st Group of transporting troops

;{{flag|Canada|1921}}

• Royal Canadian Air Force received 35 new C-119Fs delivered from 1953, later upgraded to C-119G standard.

;{{TWN}}

• Republic of China Air Force received 114 former USAF aircraft, they were in service from 1958 to 1997.

;{{ETH}}

• Ethiopian Air Force received eight former USAF aircraft using Military Aid Program funding, after modification to C-119K standard with underwing auxiliary jets they were delivered in two batched, five in 1970 and three in 1971. Two former Belgian Air Force C-119Gs were acquired in 1972 as spares source.

;{{FRA}}

• French Air Force operated in Indochina nine aircraft loaned from USAF.

;{{IND}}

• Indian Air Force received 79 aircraft.

;{{ITA}}

• Italian Air Force operated 40 C-119G new aircraft as Mutual Defence Assistance Program, five C-119G former USAF and transferred to United Nations in December 1960 and 25 C-119J surplus USAF / ANG aircraft.[http://www.centroaeronauticoantoni.it/dedic_c119.htm Italian C-119] The last one flew in 1979.{{Cite web|title=Aerei. Accadde oggi: l'ultimo volo del glorioso C-119 - Concluse l'epopea di un grande protagonista della nostra storia -2 VIDEO|url=https://www.avionews.it/item/1209745-aerei-accadde-oggi-l-ultimo-volo-del-glorioso-c-119.html|access-date=2021-07-14|website=AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency|date=24 January 2018 |language=EN}}

;{{JOR}}

• Royal Jordanian Air Force received four former USAF aircraft.

;{{MAR}}

• Royal Moroccan Air Force received 12 former USAF aircraft and six former Canadian aircraft.

;{{NOR}}

• Royal Norwegian Air Force received 8 surplus Belgian aircraft.

;{{ESP}}

• Spanish Air Force received 10 former Belgian C-119F delivered by USAF but rejected all.

;{{Flag|South Vietnam}}

• Republic of Vietnam Air Force received 91 aircraft transferred from USAF.

;{{UNO}}

• Five former USAF aircraft donated, operated by the Indian Air Force then passed to the Italian Air Force.

;{{USA}}

• United States Air Force
• United States Marine Corps
• United States Navy

• 7 November 1952: Flight "Gamble Chalk One" (AF Ser. No. 51-2560), part of Exercise Warm Wind, flew off course and crashed in Mt. Silverthrone, Alaska, killing 19.{{cite web|title=Aircraft accident Fairchild C-119C-22-FA Flying Boxcar 51-2560 Mt. McKinley, AK|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19521107-0|publisher= Aviation Safety Network|access-date=25 October 2012}}
• 15 November 1952: Flight callsign "Warmwind Three"{{cite web|last=Officer|first=Commanding|title=Historical Report for period 1 July 1952 to 31 December 1952|url=http://www.kadiak.org/navy/1952jul_dec.txt|access-date=25 October 2012}} (AF Ser. No. 51-2570), part of Exercise Warm Wind, flew off course and was lost. 20 pronounced dead.{{cite web|title=Aircraft accident Fairchild C-119C-23-FA Flying Boxcar 51-2570 between Anchorage, AK and Kodiak, AK|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19521115-0|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=25 October 2012}}
• 23 June 1953: Shortly after a ground control approached (GCA) radar monitored takeoff from Ashiya Air Base, Japan, a U.S. Air Force C-119 Flying Boxcar (AF Ser. No. 49-0161) turned to a heading 005 degrees magnetic (dm) and began a normal climb through the overcast. The pilot then reported that the C-119 may have scraped the tail skid on takeoff; additionally all the left seat (pilot side) gyroscopic instruments (Gyros) were not operational. A few seconds later, the pilot requested immediate GCA vector to Ashiya AB, stating that co-pilot would have to fly the GCA approach from the right seat. The GCA was continuously tracking them and reported its location as {{cvt|12|mi}} north of Ashiya AB, instructing co-pilot to turn right to a heading of 210 degrees. Then 49-0161 disappeared from radar. All on board were lost.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
• 17 July 1953: Shortly after takeoff from NAS Whiting Field, Florida, a United States Marine Corps R4Q-2 transporting 40 NROTC midshipmen apparently lost power in the port engine, and crashed and burned after hitting a clump of trees. Six injured men were found in the wreckage, but only two midshipmen and one of the six crewmen survived.Hamilton, Harry D. Signal Charley (2005) {{ISBN|978-1-4116-5508-9}} p.18
• 10 August 1955: Two aircraft of a nine-plane USAF flight on a training mission collided over Edelweiler, Germany. One of the C-119s had developed engine trouble and lost altitude, causing it to strike another aircraft in the formation. A total of 66 people on board the two aircraft were killed.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
• 26 October 1956, Air Force aircraft number 51-8026 departed Sewart Air Force Base, Tenn. at [9:17 a.m.] on Oct. 26, 1956 via airways to Olmsted Air Force Base, [Middletown] Penn. on a cargo airlift mission. The aircraft crashed in mountainous terrain in the Tuscarora State Forest near Shippensburg, PA approximately 22.5 nautical mile west of the Kingston Fan Marker at approximately [3:15 p.m.] killing all four aboard.{{Cite web|last=Times|first=Gary Thomas {{!}} Perry County|date=2006-11-30|title=Monument recalls crash|url=https://www.pennlive.com/perry-county-times/2006/11/monument_recalls_crash.html|access-date=2020-11-06|website=pennlive|language=en}}
• 27 March 1958: USAF C-119C, AF Ser. No. 49-0195, collided in midair with USAF Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, AF Ser. No. 52-0981 over farmland near Bridgeport, Texas, USA, killing all 15 on the Globemaster and all 3 on the Flying Boxcar. The two transports crossed paths over a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) navigational radio beacon during cruise flight under instrument flight rules in low visibility. The C-124 was on a north-northeasterly heading flying at its properly assigned altitude of {{convert|7000|ft|m|-2}}; the C-119 was on a southeasterly heading, and the crew had been instructed to fly at {{convert|6000|ft|m|-2}}, but their aircraft was not flying at this altitude when the collision occurred.Gero, David B. "Military Aviation Disasters: Significant Losses Since 1908". Sparkford, Yoevil, Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-84425-645-7}}, p. 78.{{cite web|url=http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1949.html |title=1949 USAF Serial Numbers |publisher=Joebaugher.com |access-date=2010-06-25}}
• 12 December 1961: Two Belgian C-119 aircraft collided mid-air due to a lack of coordination at flight control, while attempting to land at Chièvres Air Base. All occupants of both aircraft were killed (13 in total).{{cn|date=January 2024}}
• 26 June 1963: CP-45 a C-119G operated by the Royal Belgian Air Force out of Melsbroek Air Base was struck by a 3-inch mortar bomb whilst flying over the British military training area and ranges at Sennelager, W Germany. The aircraft was carrying 6 crew, 40 Belgian Army para commandos and one Congolese despatcher. They had intended to drop on a drop zone near Geseke, but the drop was cancelled and CP-45 was descending in order to land at the Royal Air Force base at Gutersloh. The mortar bomb was a white phosphorus munition which pierced starboard wing fuel tanks and ignited escaping fuel. Nine paratroopers were able to jump and land safely, but all six crew and 32 paras were killed in the crash near the town of Detmold.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
• 5 June 1965: 51-2680, a C-119G operated by the US Air Force disappeared on a military transport flight between Homestead Air Force Base, Florida and Grand Turk Island Airport. Five crew and four air force mechanics were killed in the accident.Ranter, Harro and Fabian I. Lujan. [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650605-0 "ASN Aircraft accident Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar 51-2680 Bahamas."] Aviation Safety Network, 2010. Retrieved: June 28, 2011.
• 30 September 1966: A United States Air Force C-119 crashed into a mountain peak in the Angeles National Forest, killing all four men aboard.{{cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19661001.2.11&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |title=Four Perish as C-119 Crashes in Mountains |publisher=California Digital Newspaper Collection |access-date=2018-06-19}}
• 16 December 1968: A C-119 assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 910th Tactical Air Support Group at Youngstown, Ohio, crashed shortly after its departure from Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico on a flight to Homestead AFB, Florida. The wreckage was found at an elevation of {{convert|3400|ft|m|-2}} near El Yunque. All eight occupants were killed. (Source: The Miami News, page 6-A, Dec. 17, 1968)

A number of C-119s have been preserved in museums:

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• CP-10 – C-119G on static display at Melsbroek Air Base in Steenokkerzeel, Flemish Brabant.{{cite web|title=Welkom bij Dakota|url=http://www.dakota15wing.be/Vzwdakota_NL.html|website=VZW DAKOTA, Documentatiecentrum van de 15 WING|publisher=Dakota VZW|access-date=24 January 2017|language=nl}}{{cite web|last1=Derenette|first1=Lambert J.|last2=Vermoote|first2=Bjorn|title=Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar|url=http://www.wreckhunters.be/melsbroek-cp10.html|website=Belgian Military Aircraft Wreckhunters|access-date=11 June 2017}}
• CP-46 – C-119G (built by Kaiser as C-119F) on static display at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History in Brussels.{{cite web|last1=Derenette|first1=Lambert J.|last2=Vermoote|first2=Bjorn|title=Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar|url=http://www.wreckhunters.be/brussels-cp46.html|website=Belgian Military Aircraft Wreckhunters|access-date=11 June 2017}}

• FAB 2304 – C-119G on static display at the 8th Parachute Field Artillery Group in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 2304 FABr, c/n 10968|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=154291|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• FAB 2305 – C-119G on static display at the Museu Aeroespacial at Afonsos Air Force Base in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite web|title=Fairchild C-119G – Flying Boxcar | Fairchild Eng and Airp Corporation|url=http://www2.fab.mil.br/musal/index.php/anvs/387-flying-boxcar|website=Museu Aerospacial|access-date=11 June 2017}}

• IK444 – C-119 on static display at the 50th Parachute Brigade's Officer's Mess of the former Paratrooper's Training School in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. It has been converted to a bar.{{cite web|title=Fairchild Packet C119 "Shatrujeet Bar" [IK444]|url=http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/uttarpradesh/363-packet-c119-shatrujeet.html|website=Warbirds of India|access-date=24 January 2017|date=29 June 2014}}{{failed verification|date=January 2017}}
• IK450 – C-119G on static display at the Indian Air Force Museum, Palam in New Delhi. This unit is fitted with an external jet-pack.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n IK450 IAF, c/n 11262|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=99256|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}

• MM 52-6020 – C-119G on static display at Rivolto Air Base in Codroipo, Friuli-Venezia Giulia.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – FairchildC-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n MM52-6020 AMI|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=87322|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• MM 53-3200 – C-119G on static display at Pisa International Airport in Pisa, Tuscany.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n MM53-3200 AMI|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=89950|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• MM 53-8146 – EC-119G on static display at the Piana delle Orme Museum in Borgo Faiti, Lazio.{{cite web|title=Firechild C-119|url=http://museo.pianadelleorme.com/?page_id=816|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702191115/http://museo.pianadelleorme.com/?page_id=816|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 July 2016|website=Museo Storico Piana Delle Orme|access-date=24 January 2017|language=it}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild EC-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n MM53-8146 AMI, c/n 249|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=90070|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}

• ROKAF 3199 – C-119G on static display at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul.{{cite web|title=South Korea 60th Anniversary of the Korea War|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=104&oid=091&aid=0002707225|access-date=11 June 2017|work=Naver|date=24 June 2010}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 3199 ROKAF, c/n 11212|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=17132|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}

• ROCAF 3120 – C-119G on static display at Pingtung Airport in Pingtung City.{{cite web|last1=Yang|first1=S. H.|title=Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar – Taiwan – Air Force|url=http://www.airliners.net/photo/Taiwan-Air-Force/Fairchild-C-119G-Flying-Boxcar/2821320|website=Airliners|publisher=Leaf Group Ltd.|access-date=25 January 2017|date=30 April 2016}}{{Better source needed|date=January 2017}}
• ROCAF 3144 – C-119G on static display at Kao Yuan University in Lujhu, Kaohsiung.{{cite web|last1=Willemsen|first1=Fred|title=Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar – Taiwan – Air Force|url=http://www.airliners.net/photo/Taiwan-Air-Force/Fairchild-C-119G-Flying-Boxcar/2642084|website=Airliners|publisher=Leaf Group Ltd.|access-date=25 January 2017|date=17 August 2000}}{{Better source needed|date=January 2017}}
• ROCAF 3158 – C-119G on static display at the China University of Science and Technology in Tapei.{{cite web|script-title=zh:C119老母機簡介|url=http://am.hc.cust.edu.tw/new_website/index.php/%E5%AF%A6%E9%AB%94%E9%A3%9B%E6%A9%9F/c119%E7%B0%A1%E4%BB%8B|website=China University of Science and Technology|publisher=Department of Aviation Mechanical Engineering|access-date=24 January 2017|language=zh-hant|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003071426/http://am.hc.cust.edu.tw/new_website/index.php/%E5%AF%A6%E9%AB%94%E9%A3%9B%E6%A9%9F/c119%E7%B0%A1%E4%BB%8B|archive-date=3 October 2018|url-status=dead}}
• ROCAF 3160 – C-119G on static display at Xihujunji Park in Xihu, Changhua.{{cite web|title=Fairchild C-119 Census|url=http://www.oldprops.ukhome.net/C119%20Census.htm|website=Oldprops|access-date=25 January 2017}}{{failed verification|date=January 2017}}
• ROCAF 3183 – C-119L on static display at Military aircraft park in Chang-hua County.{{cite web|title=C-119 Military Aircraft Park|url=http://tourism.chcg.gov.tw/EN/hopSpotInfo.aspx?id=443&chk=f9d572c0-8b23-4edd-ae9a-3048a3fb9eb0|website=Travel in Changhua County|publisher=Changhua Gov|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• ROCAF 3184 – C-119L on static display at Jiji Township in Nantou County.{{cite web|last1=Tseng|first1=Q.|title=Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar – Taiwan – Air Force|url=http://www.airliners.net/photo/Taiwan-Air-Force/Fairchild-C-119G-Flying-Boxcar/1623530|website=Airliners|publisher=Leaf Group Ltd.|access-date=25 January 2017|date=5 December 2009}}{{Better source needed|date=January 2017}}
• ROCAF 3190 – C-119L on static display at Republic of China Air Force Museum in Gangshan, Kaohsiung.{{cite web |script-title=zh:C-119（空中車廂式）運輸機|url=http://museum.cafa.edu.tw/tour/index-1.asp?Parser=13,20,543,712,700,,24|website=R. O. C. Air Force Museum|publisher=R.O.C. Air Force Academy|access-date=24 January 2017|language=zh-hant}}
• ROCAF 3192 – C-119L on static display at Rushan Visitor Center in Kinmen County.{{cite web|title=Location Dossier – Shatou Airport, Chin-men, Quemoy Island, Fujian – C-119C-119, F-104, F-5F-5|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/LocationDossier.php?Serial=8699|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=25 January 2017}}
• ROCAF 3202 – C-119L on static display at Yuanzhiluxiuxian Park in Nanhua District, Tainan.{{cite web|title=Flying Boxcar/51-8016|url=http://www.warbirdregistry.org/c119registry/c119-518016.html|website=Warbirds Resource Group|access-date=11 June 2017}}

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;Airworthy

;;C-119F

• 131673 – privately owned in Eagle River, Alaska.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, s/n 131673 USN, c/r N1394N|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=20879|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N1394N]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N1394N|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}}{{cite web|last1=Gleitsmann|first1=Lars|title=the two airplanes|url=http://www.flyingboxcar.com/index.php?page=3|website=FlyingBoxcar.com|access-date=23 January 2017}}
• 131695 – privately owned in Eagle River, Alaska.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, s/n 131695 USN, c/r N8501W|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=33075|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N8501W]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N8501W|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}}

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;;C-119B

• 48-0352 – Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware.{{cite web|title=C-119G Flying Boxcar|url=https://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-119g-flying-boxcar/|website=Air Mobility Command Museum|access-date=14 June 2022}}

;;C-119C

• 49-0132 – Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.{{cite web|title=Flying Boxcar [2]|url=https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/fairchild-c-119c_2/|website=Pima Air & Space Museum|publisher=Pimaair.org|access-date=14 June 2022}} This aircraft also carries civilian registration N13743 and is currently in the markings of "Tanker 81" of Hemet Valley Flying Service of Hemet, California. This aircraft is currently on outdoor display and will be restored to original USAF markings.
• 49-0157 – Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.{{cite web|title=Flying Boxcar|url=https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/fairchild-c-119c_1/|website=Pima Air & Space Museum|publisher=Pimaair.org|access-date=14 June 2022}}
• 49-0199 – Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California.{{cite web|title=Aircraft on Display|url=http://www.castleairmuseum.org/collection|website=Castle Air Museum|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar, s/n 49-0199 USAF, c/n 10436, c/r N13744|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=17663|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}} This airframe was transferred to the U.S. Forest Service after retirement from the Air Force.
• 50-0128 – Pope Field near Fayetteville, North Carolina. It is painted as 53-3182.{{cite web|last1=Griffin|first1=Rhonda|title=Pope's Air Park preserves history|url=https://www.pope.af.mil/Home/Article/242372/|website=Pope Field|access-date=24 January 2017|date=6 July 2009}}{{cite web|title=Aircraft on Loan (by Description)|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Portals/7/documents/other/aircraft_on_loan_by_description.pdf|website=National Museum of the US Air Force|access-date=24 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-3182 USAAF|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=4910|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• 51-2566 – Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia.{{cite web|title=C-119C "Flying Boxcar"|url=http://www.museumofaviation.org/portfolio/c-119c-flying-boxcar|website=Museum of Aviation|access-date=24 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119C-23-FA Flying Boxcar, s/n 51-2566 USAF, c/n 10524|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=11515|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• 51-2567 – USAF Airman Heritage Museum at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.{{cite web|title=C-119 sn 51-2567|url=https://myairmanmuseum.org/image-gallery/c-119-1-sn-51-2567|website=Airman Heritage Foundation|access-date=24 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar, s/n 51-2567 USAF|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=65837|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}

;;C-119F

• 48-0322 – Milestones of Flight Museum in Palmdale, California.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, s/n 48-0322 USAF, c/n 10304, c/r N13745|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=13844|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}
• 51-2675 – U.S. Veterans Museum in Granbury, Texas. It was previously on display at the Pate Museum of Transportation in Cresson, Texas.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar, s/n 51-2675 USAF, c/n 10664|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=28548|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite news|title=Plane finds home at the Veterans Museum|url=http://hcnews.com/pages/archive/page_one_news-archive/plane-finds-home-at-the-veterans-museum|access-date=23 January 2017|work=Hood County News|publisher=Hood County News, Inc.|date=31 October 2012}}
• 131677 – Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|last1=Rambow|first1=Bill|title=Aircraft of the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum|url=http://www.maam.org/aircraft.htm|website=Mid-Atlantic Air Museum|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607004015/http://www.maam.org/aircraft.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N175ML]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N175ML|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}} This former Marine R4Q is reported to be the last C-119/R4Q operated by the U.S. military.
• 131679 – Don F. Pratt Museum at Fort Campbell near Clarksville, Tennessee.{{cite web|last1=Leeuw|first1=Ruud|title=C-119s at Fort Campbell, KY|url=http://www.ruudleeuw.com/c119s-in-ky.htm|website=RuudLeeuw.com|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – FairchildC-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 131679 USN, c/n 10846|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=75310|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}

;;C-119G

• 51-8024 – Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.{{cite web|title=C-119G "Flying Boxcar"|url=https://sacmuseum.org/what-to-see/aircraft/c-119g-flying-boxcar|website=Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum|access-date=23 January 2017}}
• 52-5850 – Grissom Air Museum at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru, Indiana.{{cite web|title=C-119G Flying Boxcar|url=http://www.grissomairmuseum.com/gallery/cargotransports/plane-8|website=Grissom Air Museum|publisher=WordPress|access-date=11 June 2017}}
• RCAF 22101 – Fort Campbell near Clarksville, Tennessee.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – FairchildC-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 22101 RCAF, c/n 10676, c/r N15505|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=10125|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• RCAF 22103 – National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22103 RCAF, c/n 10678, c/r N8092|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7632|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}
• RCAF 22105 – Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in Niagara Falls, New York.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – FairchildC-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 22105 RCAF, c/n 10736, c/r N15506|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=18568|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• RCAF 22107 – Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base in Roy, Utah. It is painted as the State of Utah and bears the incorrect USAF serial number 52-2107.{{cite web|title=C-119G "Flying Boxcar"|url=http://www.hill.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/397125/c-119g-flying-boxcar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019070416/http://www.hill.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/397125/c-119g-flying-boxcar|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2016|website=Hill Air Force Base|access-date=23 January 2017|date=23 July 2009}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22107 RCAF, c/n 10738, c/r N966S|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=14094|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}
• RCAF 22111 – Hagerstown Aviation Museum in Hagerstown, Maryland. This airframe was used in the movie Always and was donated by Bob Stanford of Zenith Aviation.{{cite web|title=1953 Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar|url=http://www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/museumaircraft/1953fairchildc119.html|website=Hagerstown Aviation Museum|access-date=23 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115090507/http://www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/museumaircraft/1953fairchildc119.html|archive-date=15 November 2016}}{{cite web|title=Aircraft|url=http://www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/images/aircraft_of_museum_03.pdf|website=Hagerstown Aviation Museum|access-date=23 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201024/http://www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/images/aircraft_of_museum_03.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22111 RCAF, c/n 10776, c/r N8093|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=14067|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• RCAF 22114 – Aerospace Museum of California in McClellan, California.{{cite web|title=Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar|url=http://www.aerospacemuseumofcalifornia.org/museum_aircraft/c-119j.html|website=Aerospace Museum of California|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106184052/http://www.aerospacemuseumofcalifornia.org/museum_aircraft/c-119j.html|archive-date=6 January 2012}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22114 RCAF, c/n 10825, c/r N15502|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=10117|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}
• RCAF 22116 – Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 22116 RCAF, c/n 10860, c/r N5217R|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=13733|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=25 January 2017}}
• RCAF 22118 – Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware.{{cite web|title=C-119G Flying Boxcar|url=http://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-119g-flying-boxcar|website=Air Mobility Command Museum|publisher=AMC Museum Foundation, Inc.|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22118 RCAF, c/n 10870, c/r NR3559|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=9406|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}} After its RCAF service it was converted into an air tanker. Delivered to the museum in 1991, it was restored as a C-119G, fake Air Force Serial No. 51-2881.[https://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-119g-flying-boxcar/ "C-119G."] amcmuseum.org. Retrieved: 8 July 2017.
• RCAF 22122 – March Field Air Museum at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California.{{cite web|title=C-119G Flying Boxcar|url=http://www.marchfield.org/aircraft/cargo/c-119g-flying-boxcar-fairchild|website=March Field Air Museum|access-date=23 January 2017}}
• RCAF 22130 – Lauridsen Aviation Museum in Buckeye, Arizona. This airframe was used in the 2004 movie Flight of the Phoenix.{{cite web|title=Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar|url=http://lauridsenaviation.capturedeye.com/portfolio-item/fairchild-c-119g-flying-boxcar|website=Lauridsen Aviation Museum|access-date=11 June 2017|date=9 September 2016}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22130 RCAF, c/n 10955, c/r N15501|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=3057|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N15501]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N15501|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}}
• RCAF 22134 – Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California.{{cite web|last1=Veronico|first1=Nick|title=Outdoor Exhibits – C-119G "Flying Boxcar"|url=https://travisheritagecenter.org/html/c119g.html|website=Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center|publisher=Travis Heritage Center|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, s/n 22134 RCAF, c/n 10993, c/r N15508|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=8726|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}

;;C-119J

• 51-8037 – National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.{{cite web|title=Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar|url=https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197556/fairchild-c-119j-flying-boxcar/|website=National Museum of the US Air Force|access-date=23 January 2017|date=14 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119J Flying Boxcar, s/n 51-8037 USAF, c/n 10915|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=83150|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}} This aircraft was specially modified for the mid-air retrieval of space capsules reentering the atmosphere from orbit. On 19 August 1960 this aircraft made the world's first mid-air recovery of a capsule returning from space when it "snagged" the parachute lowering the Discoverer 14 satellite at {{convert|8000|ft|m}} altitude {{convert|360|mi|km}} southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. The aircraft was delivered to the museum in November 1963.United States Air Force Museum Guidebook 1975, p. 53.

;;C-119L

• 53-3144 – Air Commando Park at Hurlburt Field in Mary Esther, Florida.{{cite web|title=Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park Guide|url=http://www.hurlburt.af.mil/Portals/84/documents/Hurlburt%20Field%20Air%20Park/Airpark_Guide_2015.pdf|website=Hurlburt Field|access-date=24 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227074833/http://www.hurlburt.af.mil/Portals/84/documents/Hurlburt%20Field%20Air%20Park/Airpark_Guide_2015.pdf|archive-date=27 December 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-3144 USAF, c/n 11155, c/r N37484|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=9562|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• 53-8084 – Air Park at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Arkansas.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – FairchildC-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-8084 USAF|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=7973|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• 53-8087 – 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-8087 USAF|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=42879|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}

;;R4Q-2

• 131688 – Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colorado.{{cite web|title=Actual Aircraft on Display in Pueblo|url=https://pwam.org/exhibits-displays/#|website=Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum|access-date=14 June 2022}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild R4Q-2 Flying Boxcar, s/n 131688 USN, c/r N99574|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=4126|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=25 January 2017}}
• 131708 – Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California.{{cite web|title=Aircraft Listing|url=http://www.flyingleathernecks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Aircraft_Listing.pdf|website=Flying Leathernecks|publisher=Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201115404/https://www.flyingleathernecks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Aircraft_Listing.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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;;C-119F

• RCAF 22108 – stored at the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull, Wyoming.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar, s/n 22108 RCAF, c/n 10773, c/r N5215R|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=11778|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}

;;C-119G

• 53-8073 – stored at Alaska Aviation Museum in Anchorage, Alaska{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-8073 USAF, c/r N9027K|url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12602|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N9027K]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N9027K|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}}
• RCAF 22106 – stored at the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull, Wyoming.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22106 RCAF, c/n 10737, c/r N3003|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=3951|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N3003]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N3003|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}}
• RCAF 22113 – stored at the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull, Wyoming.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22113 RCAF, c/n 10824, c/r N3935|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=6135|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}
• RCAF 22135 – stored at the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull, Wyoming.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, s/n 22135 RCAF, c/n 10994, c/r N8094|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=17146|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N8094]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N8094|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}}

;;C-119L

• 53-7836 – stored with Everts Air Fuel in Fairbanks, Alaska.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-7836 USAF, c/n 11253, c/r N8504Z|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=3171|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N8504Z]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N8504Z|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}}
• 53-8074 – stored at the Flying J Ranch near Pima, Arizona.{{cite web|last1=Leeuw|first1=Ruud|title=Mystery Fairchild C-119 at Flying J Ranch Airport, Arizona|url=http://www.ruudleeuw.com/search111.htm|website=RuudLeeuw.com|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-8074 USAF, c/n 177|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=16744|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=24 January 2017}}
• 53-8076 – stored at the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull, Wyoming.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – FairchildC-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-8076 USAF, c/n 179, c/r N8505A|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=1640|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N8505A]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N8505A|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}}
• 53-8150 – stored at the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in Greybull, Wyoming.{{cite web|title=Airframe Dossier – Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar, s/n 53-8150 USAF, c/n 253, c/r N37636|url=http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=9404|website=Aerial Visuals|publisher=AerialVisuals.ca|access-date=23 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=FAA Registry [N37636]|url=https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N37636|website=Federal Aviation Administration|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation|access-date=14 June 2022}}

File:Fairchild C-119B Flying Boxcar 3-view line drawing.png

{{Aircraft specs

|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52 Bridgman 1951, p. 238c–239c.

|prime units?=imp

|crew=5 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, radio operator and crew chief)

|capacity=67 troops or 35 stretchers or {{cvt|27500|lb}} cargoBridgman 1956, pp. 278–279.

|length ft=86||length in=6

|span ft=109||span in=3

|height ft=26||height in=6

|wing area sqft=1447

|airfoil=

|empty weight lb=39800

|gross weight lb=64000

|max takeoff weight lb=74000

|fuel capacity={{cvt|2800|USgal|impgal L}}

|eng1 number=2

|eng1 name=Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20W

|eng1 type=28-cylinder air-cooled radial engines

|eng1 hp=3500

|eng1 note={{#tag:ref|C-119F and R4Q-2 had R3350-85-30WA, R3350-89-36W, or R3350-89A-36W engines.C-119F/R4Q-2 Flight Handbook T.O. 1C-119F-1, 1 August 1956.|group=N}}

|prop blade number=4

|prop name=Hamilton-Standard Hydromatic

|prop dia ft=15||prop dia in=0

|max speed mph=281

|max speed note=at {{cvt|18000|ft}}

|cruise speed mph=200

|cruise speed note=(70% normal rated power)

|stall speed mph=102

|range miles=1770

|range note=with {{convert|5500|lb|kg|abbr=on}} cargo

|ceiling ft=23900

|climb rate ftmin=1010

|more performance=*Take-off run to 50 ft (15 m): {{cvt|2300|ft}}

• Landing run from 50 ft (15 m): {{cvt|1890|ft}}

}}

{{Main|Aircraft in fiction#C-119 Flying Boxcar}}

The Atlantic League baseball team that started playing in Hagerstown, Maryland, in 2024 has been named the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars to honor Fairchild Aircraft's production of C-82 and C-119 cargo planes at the Hagerstown Regional Airport.{{cite news |last1=McMillion |first1=Dave |title=Hagerstown Flying Boxcars to be the name of new Atlantic League baseball team |url=https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/news/local/2023/07/20/hagerstown-baseball-team-selects-fairchild-aircraft-for-its-name-flying-boxcars/70434475007/ |access-date=July 21, 2023 |publisher=Herald-Mail Media |newspaper=The Herald-Mail |date=July 20, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721003236/https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/news/local/2023/07/20/hagerstown-baseball-team-selects-fairchild-aircraft-for-its-name-flying-boxcars/70434475007/ |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |location=Hagerstown, Maryland}}

{{Aircontent

|related=

• Fairchild C-82 Packet
• Fairchild XC-120 Packplane
• Fairchild AC-119

|similar aircraft=

• Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy
• Blackburn Beverley
• Nord Noratlas

|lists=

• List of military aircraft of the United States
• List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)

|see also=

• Fremont Rocket

}}

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{{US Air Force}} Website of origin: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070124063322/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=790 USAF Museum]

{{Refbegin}}

• Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd., 1951.
• Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1956–57. New York: The McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1956.
• Grandolini, Albert. "French 'Packets': Fairchild C-119 Boxcars in French Indochina". Air Enthusiast, Volume 66, November/December 1996, pp. 52–60. {{ISSN|0143-5450}}.
• Lloyd, Alwyn T. Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flyng Boxcars. Hinkley, UK: Midland Counties, 2005. {{ISBN|1-85780-201-2}}.
• Swanborough, F.G. and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam, 1963.
• United States Air Force Museum Guidebook. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Air Force Museum Foundation. 1975.

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• [http://www.oldprops.ukhome.net/C119%20Census.htm C-119 Survivors Census]
• {{HAER |survey=TX-121 |id=tx1141 |title=Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar Airplane, Pate Museum of Transportation, 18501 Highway 377 S, Cresson, Hood County, TX |photos=2 |data=5 |cap=1}}

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