Melsbroek (B)


FAIRCHILD C-119F FLYING BOXCAR

serial: CP-10
c/n: 10690
USAF: 51-2701
Radio-callsign: OT-CAJ

 

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Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar / CP-10 Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar / CP-10 Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar / CP-10 Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcar / CP-10
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13/10/1952 Taken on Charge (delivered to Melsbroek AB)
00/00/0000 To 15 Wing/20 Squadron at Melsbroek AB
00/01/1955 Stored after 493 flying hours
12/09/1955 Returned to the USAF/MAAG (Military Advisory Aid Group), project called 'Swapshop'
21/10/1956 Struck of Charge
00/00/1956 Transferred to Spanish AF in 1956 but not accepted and returned to the USAF at Chateauroux,
  France same year.
20/05/1959 Purchased by the Belgian government under contract n° 296024
00/00/0000 Converted by Sabena to C119G-standards
00/00/1959 Delivered to the Belgian Air Force as CP-10
13/05/1960 507,45 flying hours
02/07/1973 Struck of Charge, arrived at Koksijde AB for storage
30/01/1974 Long term storage applied
27/01/1975 Exchanged with International Engine Parts (under Agreement 413305)
25/05/1990 Transported to Neuville (BEL) for use by the local ULM-flying club as clubhouse
13/02/1995 Transferred to the Dakota Museum, Melsbroek barracks for restoration by volunteers of Dakota
  Foundation (for the restoration the tailbooms of the CP-11 were used
2007 Preserved at the Dakota Museum, Melsbroek barracks
   

 

This page was last updated on: 05-Jan-2008