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The B-24's spacious, slab-sided fuselage (which earned the aircraft the nickname "Flying Boxcar") [13] was built around two central bomb bays that could accommodate up to 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg) of ordnance in each compartment (but rarely did, as this decreased range and altitude).
Assigned to RAAF No. 7 OTU as A72-176 at East Sale Airfield. Struck off 23 March 1948. Wings and tail scrapped. Purchased in 1948 by George Toye, and moved to his property in 1952. Stored outside. Under restoration at the former RAAF Werribee by B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Fund. Tail and wings taken from 42-41091 "Bunny Hop/Flying Wolf ...
A Fairchild EC-119J Flying Boxcar at the National Museum of the US Air Force 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
The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is an American World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.The Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modifications as the PB4Y-1 Liberator, and along with maritime patrol Liberators used by RAF Coastal Command, this type of patrol plane was proven successful.
1944 model Fairchild 24 Argus III The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum's Fairchild Cornell 314th Troop Carrier Group C-119 Flying Boxcars. During World War II, Fairchild produced PT-19/PT-23/PT-26 (Cornell) and AT-21 Gunner trainers, C-82 Packet transports and drones.
With the addition of the two types, the 14 SOW for a time in 1968 was flying eight different aircraft from ten different bases in South Vietnam. The 14 SOW was inactivated in 1971. Limited numbers continued to be operated out of Thailand as late as the fall of 1972, but the AC-119 was phased out shortly after from the US Air Force.
The group operated Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar and Fairchild C-123 Provider aircraft as the flying element of the 464th Troop Carrier Wing until being inactivated when the wing was reorganized. The group was first organized in 1943 in the United States Army Air Forces as the 464th Bombardment Group .
Although construction at Toul had progressed, it could only accommodate a single flying squadron, [5] and the 781st located at Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany. By April 1954, construction at Toul was advanced enough that the squadron's parent 465th Troop Carrier Wing could join it [ e ] and the 781st relocated to Toul on 1 May.