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Consolidated B-24D-5-CO Liberator 41-23782 (98th BG, 415th BS, "Boiler Maker II") lost on Ploesti raid, Rumania, Aug 1, 1943. MACR 177. 10 POW. Repaired and flown by Rumanian AF. Rebuilt using a wing from 42-40265. (Bauer)
Kleines Foto ~ II.WK ~ Abgeschossenes US Flugzeug / Flieger (No.123782) | eBay
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Liberator Mk.II specifically built for the Brits (there was no USAAC/F B-24 equivalent) and armed with Boulton Paul turrets, a Type A top turret and Type E tail turret, both armed with 4 x .303 Browning mgs. You can see the rear turret guns poking out from behind the fin. Note that the mid upper is aft of the wing box as opposed to forward of it in later B-24s. The Libs were delivered unarmed to the UK and fitted with their turrets on arrival in the UK, the Mk.II was the first of the B-24 models to be fitted with powered turret armament.AL579
notice top turret 4x .303
Consolidated B-24D-1-CO "Liberator" #41-23711 "Jerk's Natural" 93rd BG 328th BS seen here on a RAF base Gambut, Libya February 1943. Ship was lost in an attack at Wiener Neustadt, Austria le 1 st October 1943, shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6 Jagdgeschwader 1. / JG27 "Afrika".
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