C-119 Flying BoxcarFairchild C 119 Flying Boxcar airplane model. The Fairchild C 119, developed from the WW II Fairchild C 82, was designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute. The first C 119 made its initial flight in November 1947 and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 C 119s had been built. The USAF used the airplane extensively during the Korean War and many were