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C-119 FLYING BOXCAR/53-8150
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 53-8150
Serial #: 53-8150
Construction #: 253
Civil Registration:
  None
Model(s):
  C-119G Flying Boxcar
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2008
History:
Built by Kaiser-Fraser.
Delivered to United States Air Force as 53-8150.
  • BOC: 1954.
  • Assigned to 10th Airlift Squadron, 322nd Air Division, Ramstein AB, West Germany until at least May 1960.
  • Converted to C-119L
  • Transferred to MASDC as CJ453, Circa 1975
Dross Metals Inc, Tucson, AZ, November 6, 1979-1980.
  • Registered as N37636, May 1980.
Mike Ivers, Yakutat, AK, 1987
David Brady, Cartersville, GA, 1989.
  • Flew as “Georgia Box.”
  • Based at Air Aces Museum.
Hawkins & Powers, Greybull, WY May 16, 1991.
  • WFU & placed into open storage at Greybull, WY, by 1997.
D&G Inc, Greybull, WY, August 24, 2000.
Pride Capital Group, Deerfield, IL, September 28, 2005.
  • Aircraft remained stored at Greybull.
Harold Sheppard Jr., Riverton, WY, March 30, 2007.
The Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY, circa 2008.
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar 53-8150
Photo Source(s):
Glenn Chatfield

Research Assistance:
Glenn Chatfield
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