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C-119 FLYING BOXCAR/RCAF 22108
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Serial #: RCAF 22108
Construction #: 10773
Civil Registration:
  N5215R
Model(s):
  C-119F Flying Boxcar
  C-119G Flying Boxcar
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2016
History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force as 22108.
  • BOC: January 17, 1953.
  • SOC: September 13, 1967
  • Converted to C-119G configuration.
  • Transferred to Saskatoon for storage, circa 1971.
Aircraft International Associates, Omaha, NE, 1971-1976.
  • Registered as N5215R.
  • Open storage, unconverted, at Lincoln, NE.
Hawkins Powers Aviation Inc, Greybull, WY, 1976-1994.
  • Open storage, 1976-1991.
  • Refurbished to airworthy, 1992-1994.
  • Operated as tanker #137.
Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY, July 29, 2006-2016.
  • Stored.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Photo Source(s):
Glenn Chatfield

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