C-119 Service in Germany

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

Well Folks,

since I am on a roll, here are some shots of the venerable Flying Boxcar during it's service in Germany during the Korean War. Again, these are from my Dad's 35mm slides just as the photos in my most recent postings. He said no problem in posting them...so...I hope you enjoy,

Paul

[skymstr02]

I think that you got this one bass ackwards?

[Misterg97]

Not sure how many responses you will receive but here's one that really enjoyed seeing pictures of old Boxcars. It's the first time that I have seen any with green trim on the nose and tail.

Tell your Dad that this old vet from Korea enjoyed the pictures. I'm sure many are aware that one of the nicknames was "Flying Coffin" Attaching a picture of my embroidered hat that I wear proudly.

Am also curious if you Dad was a pilot?

[John Kerr]

Easy to reverese and correct.

[muddyboots]

I'll be darned. I don't have my glasses on byt flipping that slide back certainly improved it somehow. Maybe the way the men's bodies were positioned didn't fit...

Great shots!

[RickH]

Thanks for posting these.

My Dad was a Navigator on dollar nineteens when I was little. I guess it may be the first aircraft I learned, then the Gooney Bird.

Been downhill ever since !

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

Not sure how many responses you will receive but here's one that really enjoyed seeing pictures of old Boxcars. It's the first time that I have seen any with green trim on the nose and tail.

Tell your Dad that this old vet from Korea enjoyed the pictures. I'm sure many are aware that one of the nicknames was "Flying Coffin" Attaching a picture of my embroidered hat that I wear proudly.

Am also curious if you Dad was a pilot?

Hello,

And Thank you for the kind posting. I sent the weblink over to my Dad and told him what my chat handle here is. I did that mainly because he worked with many of the guys mentioned in the thread about Mohawk Airlines. I don't know if he will sign on as a member to chit chat about the old warbirds and heavy iron like it happens here. But I am fairly sure that he'll check out some of the postings.

My father was actually a Crew Chief in the Air Force. I remember when I was a kid I always got the model airplanes to play with and build. And to this day he still has the model of the C-119 on his dresser. Hopefully, he'll check out some of the postings about some of the stuff I posted with his permission. As the photo's I have posted recently are his I wanted permission first prior to posting them. I'll have to ask him what the Squadron Insignia and Paint Markings mean or what the unit they were assigned to were.

Also....to the Gentleman who noticed my "bass ackwardness"....what can I say ? I didn't notice the problem until it was pointed out myself. I was having enough trouble attempting to scan the slides myself so I turned them over to a photo lab....hey I'm just as human as the next guy right ???

Paul

[Misterg97]

Paul,

Thanks for the reply. I had the distinct honor to be an Air Force Radio Operator with some time on the 119 in Korea and Japan.

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

Paul,

Thanks for the reply. I had the distinct honor to be an Air Force Radio Operator with some time on the 119 in Korea and Japan.

Jerry, Sir,

Did you happen to rotate through Rhein Main AFB in Germany with the C-119's when you were in ? I ask because that is where my Dad was based out of. He has told me some stories of some TDY's he did, but I don't think he ever went to Asia. I'll definitely pass this one along to him. Whereabouts in Ohio are you ? I ask because I grew up in Western, Pa.

Paul

[Ztex]

Those are Great!!

The mass formation flyovers must have been a hoot to see and hear.

I love seeing these old private collection photographs!

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for posting the GREAT C-119 pictures from your Dad. Seeing those terrific mass formation shots brought back memories from the year (Aug 63-Aug 64) I lived in Southern NJ as a 13/14 year old. I saw a lot of great airplanes in those days including many from McGuire AFB. One memory that particulary sticks in my mind, is the Friday evening that we heard a rumble outside and went out to see a 9-plane (3 groups of 3) formation of Air Force Reserve C-119Gs from McGuire flying a low pass over the area. What a sight and sound.

If I am lucky, I hope to see a Flying Boxcar in the air one more time in the next several months or so. The C-119G donated to the Hagerstown Aviation Museum is out in Greybull, WY and after raising enough money and getting it in shape for a ferry flight, it is supposed to be flown from Wyoming to Maryland to take a prominent place in the museum.

http://www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/

[PJ]

Used to see waves of them going over when I was little. They were headed to Bakalar A.F. Base in Columbus, Indiana.

[bugazon]

How many c-119 are still airworthy and flying??