eBay: Consolidated B-24 Liberator

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GR.Mk.III, M, ( FK228 ) of No.120 Sqd, based at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland in March 10-04-1943. The other Liberators belong to No.86 Sqd.

Consolidated Liberator GR.Mk.III

Shown here is Liberator GR.Mk.III, M, (FK228) of No.120 Sqd, based at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland in March 1943. The other Liberators belong to No.86 Sqd.

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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">LARGE WW2 PHOTO CONSOLIDATED B.24 LIBERATORS FROM 120 SQUADRON AT ALDERGROVE 1943</p> <br> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">Age of photo unknown - most likely a 1960s copy </p> <br> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0...

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Petie 2nd John C. Meyer 352nd Fighter Group

*PHOTO* P-51 Mustang Ace John C. Meyer's Aircraft - 352nd Fighter Group | eBay

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GR.Mk.III, M, ( FK228 ) of No.120 Sqd, based at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland in March 10-04-1943. The other Liberators belong to No.86 Sqd.

Consolidated Liberator GR.Mk.III

Shown here is Liberator GR.Mk.III, M, (FK228) of No.120 Sqd, based at Aldergrove, Northern Ireland in March 1943. The other Liberators belong to No.86 Sqd.

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LARGE WW2 PHOTO CONSOLIDATED B.24 LIBERATORS ALDERGROVE 1943 25x19cm | eBay

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B-24 with ASV Yagi antennas for locating subs on the surface.
'ASV (Air-to-Surface Vessel) radar. Liberator Mk Is began to equip No. 120 Squadron of Coastal Command in June 1941, and were the first RAF aircraft with the range and endurance to close the 'Atlantic Gap', that area of the ocean in which, until that time, sea convoys were beyond the range of air support from either North America or Great Britain.

In RAF service the B-24D was designated Uberstor Mk Ill: Uberator Mk EllA identified similar aircraft supplied under Lend-Lease with US armament and equipment. Most Liberator Mk Ill/IllAs served with Coastal Command, eventually equipping 12 squadrons. A total of 122 were modified extensively in the UK, receiving ASV radar equipment including chin and retractable ventral radomes, a Leigh Light for the illumination of targets at night especially surfaced U-boats), increased fuel capacity, but reduced armament, armor, and weapon load. These were designated Liberator GA. Mk V.

 

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44-50045 to RAF Jun 1945 as Liberator B.VIII KN772. SOC Nov 28, 1946

B-24 LIBERATOR - ORIGINAL AVIATION PHOTO-MOYES & BOWYER COLLECTIONS | eBay

This original photo is from the collection of two of the most famous aviation authors, Chaz Bowyer and Philip Moyes. All photos are original prints from negatives, (not scanned copies), and they were printed between 1930-1970.

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[Snautzer01]

Liberator 2 AL507

c/n 5; FF or acceptance date 9.8.41; retained for trials in USA; detained by USAAF 10.12.41 after Pearl Harbor; TOC by USAAC 29.12.41; retd to RAF, Detroit - Dorval 4.3.42; allotted SAL 13.3.42; dep Dorval - Gander 11.3.42, Gander - Prestwick 16.3.42; SAL 19.3.42; TFU 20.3.42; 233 Sqn 25.3.42; SAL for turret installation 16.4.42; 120 Sqn 6.5.42; TFU 16.5.42; 120 Sqn 18.5.42; to Prestwick 19.5.42; Prestwick - Gander 22-23.5.42 and to MIT, Boston MA 11.6.42 for special duties; fitted with SCR.517 ASV Mk.III in 'Dumbo' radome under nose; Dorval dep 8.10.42, retd SAL 15.10.42; 224 Sqn [Z] 19.11.42; 59 Sqn [1:Z] 29.7.43; 511 Sqn 22.10.43; SAL 16.4.44; to BOAC 17.5.44; Prestwick - Goose Bay 19.5.44; conv to transport by TCA; on RFS 30.6.44; regd G-AHYC to BOAC; CoR (10448) issued 19.8.46; CoA (8301) issued 2.10.46; operated by Scotish Aviation Ltd; radio c/s OLZA; left Prestwick 13.11.46 for Montreal (Dorval) but experienced undercarriage trouble and circled for ten hours (!) to use fuel; made successful forced landing with wheels up at Ayr, the crew and three pasengers not being injured; regn cancelled 28.2.47; written off 23.5.47 and RTP at Prestwick Liberator II AL507 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]

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Shiny

 

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PLOESTI 10-08-1944 Thursday

Orig. RIESEN Foto Luftbild USAAF B-24 Luftangriff Ölfeld PLOESTI Rumänien 1944 | eBay

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22 November 1944 - This Day in Aviation
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A PB4-Y Privateer such as this one was a fire-fighting ship based at BIFC (Boise Interagency Fire Center), at Gowen Field in Boise in the '90s. I live about two miles from the airport, and many times during fire season that big boy would come over my house fairly low returning from a mission during fire season. What a sound!!!!! BIFC is now NIFC (National Interagency Fire Center)

The Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer Evolved from the B-24 Liberator

The Navy's Modified PB4Y-2 Liberators Flew Long Lonely and Productive Missions All Over the World. They are based on the B-24.

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[Maty12]

Just read Mike Rossiter's Bomber Flight Berlin and found an interesting B-24 tidbit in it. One of the crew members the book follows, Flight Sergeant Robbie "Jock" Burns, was sent to Consolidated-Vultee's plant in San Diego in 1945 to collect Maintenance Manuals for the RAF for the "single tailed and longer-range version of the B-24" before the Japanese surrender ended any plans of using the aircraft. Anyone know any more about this? I didn't know the RAF had plans to use the B-24N, I suppose it makes sense since it's just another version of the B-24.

 

[EwenS]

Just read Mike Rossiter's Bomber Flight Berlin and found an interesting B-24 tidbit in it. One of the crew members the book follows, Flight Sergeant Robbie "Jock" Burns, was sent to Consolidated-Vultee's plant in San Diego in 1945 to collect Maintenance Manuals for the RAF for the "single tailed and longer-range version of the B-24" before the Japanese surrender ended any plans of using the aircraft. Anyone know any more about this? I didn't know the RAF had plans to use the B-24N, I suppose it makes sense since it's just another version of the B-24.

Two things from this.

1. The RAF already had single tailed Liberator experience in 1945. A very early LB-30 Liberator built in 1941 was converted to that configuration in 1943/44. AL504 "Commando".

Commando (aircraft) - Wikipedia

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2. In March 1944 the USN ordered the single tailed RY-3 transport version of the PB4Y-2 Privateer. These were built at the Convair San Diego plant with the majority allocated for Lend Lease to the RAF as the Liberator C.IX transports. Deliveries began in early 1945. With the end of WW2 only 34 of these were built and not all were transferred to the RAF as planned. They were used into 1946. A couple were lost however including JT979 in New Zealand in July 1945 (see below).

Consolidated RY-3

So, given that the B-24N never progressed beyond a single XB-24N and 6 YB-24N models built by Ford (which was to be the sole source for that model) before the contract for over 5,000 was cancelled in May 1945, I think it more likely that the manuals this chap had been sent to collect, related to the RY-3/Liberator C.IX rather than the B-24N.

 

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Petie 2nd John C. Meyer 352nd Fighter Group

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My model, built Summer 2021

 

[Maty12]

Two things from this.

1. The RAF already had single tailed Liberator experience in 1945. A very early LB-30 Liberator built in 1941 was converted to that configuration in 1943/44. AL504 "Commando".

Commando (aircraft) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

2. In March 1944 the USN ordered the single tailed RY-3 transport version of the PB4Y-2 Privateer. These were built at the Convair San Diego plant with the majority allocated for Lend Lease to the RAF as the Liberator C.IX transports. Deliveries began in early 1945. With the end of WW2 only 34 of these were built and not all were transferred to the RAF as planned. They were used into 1946. A couple were lost however including JT979 in New Zealand in July 1945 (see below).

Consolidated RY-3

So, given that the B-24N never progressed beyond a single XB-24N and 6 YB-24N models built by Ford (which was to be the sole source for that model) before the contract for over 5,000 was cancelled in May 1945, I think it more likely that the manuals this chap had been sent to collect, related to the RY-3/Liberator C.IX rather than the B-24N.

I see, thank you for the clarification!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

XC-109 / C-109 Tankers with specialized equipment to help prevent explosions, used to ferry fuel from India to China to support initial B-29 raids against Japan. Consolidated B-24 Liberator - Wikipedia

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WWII C-109 Liberator Vintage Hill & Knowlton Photo | eBay

WWII C-109 Liberator refueling in China. Consolidated was one of the two makers of the B-24, which was converted into the C-109. The C-109 was a dedicated fuel transport version of the B-24 conceived as a support aircraft for Boeing B-29 Superfortress operations in central China.

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[ClayO]

Empties the tanks? To put in another airplane that needs the gas more, I suppose?