I photographed these vintage Fairchild 24 examples: a 24K during the HFF’s Vintage Air Show in 2016 and a 24W-9 at the Champaign Air Museum in Urbana, Ohio, in 2018.
Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the US Navy placed thirteen into service with two designations: GK-1 Argus (Light Transport, Fairchild) and JK-1 (Utility, Fairchild). The Army Air Force also pressed nine into service as the UC-86 (an example of which is on display at the WAAAM in Hood River, Ore.
1938 Fairchild 24K #3304
previously seen labeled as 1939
Paine Field 2016
Fairchild 24 C8F (UC-61J) #3118
NMoUSAF 2018
1939 Fairchild 24W-9 #W9-213
Champaign Air Museum / Grimes Field (Urbana) 2018
1938 Fairchild 24G #2926
WAAAM, Hood River 2021
1941 Fairchild 24W-41A #W41A-206
Museum of Flight 2023
1935 Fairchild 24 C8C #2724
Oshkosh 2024
1947 Fairchild 24R-46 #R46-361
Oshkosh 2024
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1946 Fairchild 24R-46 #R-46184
Oshkosh 2024
1941 Fairchild 24W-41A #W41A-240
Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1940 Fairchild 24W-41A WW40-102
Oshkosh 2025
1946 Fairchild 24R-9 #R46-253
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1939 Fairchild 24R-46 #W-101
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1946 Fairchild 24R-46 #R46-135
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1946 Fairchild 24W-46 #W46-269
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1946 Fairchild 24W-9 #W46-117
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1940 Fairchild 24W-40 #W40-168
Oshkosh 2025