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C-119 FLYING BOXCAR/RCAF 22118

History:
Delivered to the United States Air Force as 53-????, 1953.
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force as 22118.

• BOC: April 16, 1953.
• SOC: September 13, 1967
• Assigned to No. 436 Elephant Squadron, Downsview, ON.
• Converted to C-119G configuration.
• Transferred to storage at Sasakatoon AB, SK, August 25, 1965-1971

Aircraft International Associates, Omaha, NE, October 1971.

• Registered as N3559.

Hawkins Powers Aviation Inc, Greybull, WY, April 3, 1975-1990.

• Operated as tanker #137.

National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH, October 1991.

• Loaned to 436 AW/MU, Dover AFB, DE.
• Ferry flight. Delivered to Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE, October 1991.

Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, DE, 1991-2015.

• Restored to represent USAF C-119 of the 512th Airlift Wing.
• Marked as 51-2881.

22118 at Aurora, IL, September 30, 1991, stopped over on the way to Dover AFB.

22118 at Aurora, IL, September 30, 1991, stopped over on the way to Dover AFB.

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