Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar, 52-6005 / 10863, Italian Air Force / Aeronautica Militare
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Registration: 52-6005
Construction Number: 10863
Code Number: 46-6
Military Unit: 46 Brigada
Model Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Operator: Italian Air Force / Aeronautica Militare
Airport: Entebbe International (EBB / HUEN), Uganda
Photographer: Les Vowles
Date Taken: 1960 (approximate)
Date Submitted: 22/09/2021
A flight of Italian C-119s assigned to the UN Congo Mission, from the front 52-6005, 52-6053, 52-6037, 52-17366. On the right a white painted C-119 '101 'of the UN/ONU force. Two Italian C-119 crews were massacred at Kindu in the Congo in 1961 only days before they were due to return home
Picture ID:1768628