Color printed photo of aircraft on cachet #3064 by Alvin Eckert, USCS #9964. The cover franked with a 58 cent flag  stamp # 5657 (FDOI) plus a 6 cent USAF stamp # C-49.

The C-119 was a twin-engine, propeller driven, transport. Introduced in 1947, it served in Korea delivering supplies, equipment, dropped paratroops, and evacuating wounded. See the aircraft's web pages for details of the design, construction and disposition.

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