Hmmmm, may not be as much as a problem as you think.
In WWII, when that Army Air Forces were shipping planes to everywhere, a fighter would be broken down into its major components, they'd remove the wings and stow them along the fuselage, ditto with the tail planes, pull the rudder assembly, remove the prop (sometimes the engine) so that the entire package would fit into a standard cargo container. As long as the crew reassembling the thing had the correct instructions, a good lifting jig and tool set, there was little problem with the reassembly.
The Caribou, is a different problem. Twin engined aircraft had the wings outboard of the engines pulled, stored on a platform under the fuselage, ditto for the props, and they would often have the entire tail assembly dismantled and stored with the wings/props.
Might not fit into a standard cargo container, but I've always considered the Caribou to be just too useful an aircraft not to be included. Yes its dated tech, yes the Air Farce got rid of theirs just as quickly as possible, but while the Army had them they were excellent, easy-maintained machines able to get their cargo wherever it was needed.
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