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Naval Fighters NF117

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USN / USMC Fairchlid R4Q / C-119 "Packet" / "Flying Boxcar" Available February 24

By Nicholas M. Williams

72-pages, 140 b&w photos, 5 color photos, 22-patches, and 19 drawings.

In 1949 the US Navy was looking for a tactical assault transport for its Marine Corps units and arrangements were made to divert 8 off the shelf C-119Bs from the USAF to the USMC. These 8 aircraft and the 31 C-119Cs that followed were designated R4Q-1s. A small number of these R4Q-1s were operated in Korea during the war before they were replaced by upgraded R4Q-2s/C-119Fs of which 58 were acquired. The R4Q-2s were later retrofitted with a nose mounted weather radar.

The R4Q/C-119 were twin engine, twin boom transport / paratrooper aircraft equiped with a 36 ft 1
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Manufacturer:
Naval Fighters
Code Number:
NF117
Scale:
No Scale
Item type:
Aircraft books
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