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Consolidated B-24 Survivors highlights the history of many well known flying and static display Consolidated B-24s as well as PB4Y-2's in the United States. A list is also provided of other B-24's on display around the world; including location, model and serial numbers, brief history, nicknames/markings, and conditions.

Contents 1 Background 2 Individual histories 3 B-24 Survivors 3.1 B-24A CO Consolidated-San Diego 3.2 Liberator II CO Consolidated-San Diego 3.3 B-24D CO Consolidated-San Diego 3.4 B-24J CO Consolidated-San Diego 3.5 B-24J CF Consolidated-Fort Worth 3.6 B-24J FO Ford-Willow Run 3.7 B-24L CO Consolidated-San Diego 3.8 B-24L FO Ford-Willow Run 3.9 B-24M CO Consolidated-San Diego 3.10 B-24M FO Ford-Willow Run 3.11 B-24 Unknown 3.12 B-24 (Replica) 3.13 PB4Y-2 CO Consolidated-San Diego 4 Reference 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Background

By the time the last complete B-24M came off the Willow Run assembly line in July 1945, 18,482 Liberators had been built by the five B-24 manufacturers. An additional 774 PB4Y-2 / RY-3 were further produced by Consolidated San Diego.

The B-24 was quickly declared obsolete by the USAAF and the remaining stateside aircraft were flown to desert storage in the south-west. In the Pacific theatre, many aircraft were simply parked, the oil drained from the engines and simply left for reclamation. By 1950, except for the one B-24D held for preservation, the vast fleet of Liberators were gone. In 12 May 1959, the last flight of a B-24 by the USAF flew from Davis-Monthan to the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB where it is now on display.

With the USN and USCG, the PB4Y-1 continued until early 1950s when they were retired to NAS Litchfield. The remaining PB4Y-2 (now redesignated P4Y-2) remained in inventory until the early 1960s when they were either retired to desert storage or expended as targets (as QP4Y-2K). After retirement from active service, these aircraft took up a second career during the late 1960s to the late 1990s as aerial tanker aircraft. It was only after a series of fatal accidents was the remaining PB4Y-2's were again forced into retirement

While both the RAF as well as the RAAF were willing to continue operating the B-24, the terms of the lend-lease agreements stipulated that these aircraft were to be either paid for or returned (i.e. scrapped) and vast graveyards of aircraft accumulated in India as well as Tarakan, Australia.

When India gained independence in 1947, 37 Liberators were resurrected and gave good service until their retirement in 1968. It is from the IAF that the majority of the remaining B-24 owe their existence.

One interesting historic facet was that in 1948 when Israel was looking for aircraft, the Royal Australian Air force was approached with the offer to purchase 25 aircraft, but since these aircraft had not been stored with long-term preservation in mind, they were neither airworthy nor economically feasible to restore to flyable condition.

With the availability of intact, existing airframes beginning to dimish, the warbird movement starting in the late 1990s and continuing to the present has been seeking out previously considered unrecoverable airframes for restoration. The RAAF has three airframes in storage (s/n's unknown) which were recovered when they restored their museum aircraft. Both India and China are reported to have additional recoverable aircraft and the jungles of the Southwest Pacific still hold abandoned aircraft.^[1]

[edit] Individual histories

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[edit] B-24 Survivors

Each line describes one remaining complete or partial airframe. Each line is broken down into several sections:

Aircraft number	History	Markings	Holder	Location	Condition
B-24J-85CF 44-44052 (N224J)	ex-RAF Liberator GR VI (KH191) No 8 Sqd, ex-Indian Air Force "T-18"	Q2 M Witchcraft	Collings Foundation	Stowe, MA	(A)

• Aircraft Number describes the type of aircraft and model B-24J-85CF its s/n 44-44052
  and current registration (N224J).
• History tells the military history (oldest to newest):

ex-RAF Liberator GR VI (KH191)

ex-No 8 Sqd

ex-Indian Air Force "T-18"

• Markings deals with current markings, codes first then name: Q2 M Witchcraft
• Holder is current owner or museum: Collings Foundation
• Location deals with location where it might be seen or owner's address: Stowe, MA
• Condition:

(D) = Display

(A) = Airworthy

(S) = Stored

(R) = Under restoration

(W) = Wreck

(U) = Unknown

• If Latitude & Longitude points are given, aircraft is on permanent outside display and can be seen using Google maps.

[edit] B-24A CO Consolidated-San Diego

• B-24A-CO c/n 18 40-2366 (N24927), ex-RAF Liberator B.I AM927, ex-Consolidated Aircraft test aircraft, " 27 Ol 927 ", Commemorative Air Force Midland, TX (A) ^{[2][3] [4]}note: RY-3 nose

• B-24A-CO c/n 27 40-2369, Robert Kropp, Mesa, AZ (S) note: nose section only

[edit] Liberator II CO Consolidated-San Diego

• Liberator GR.II CO c/n 55 AL557 (N92MK), ex-No 120 Sqn, ex-1445 Flt, ex-159 Sqn, ex-BOAC "G-AGZI" (North Atlantic Return Ferry Service), Vintage Aircraft Ltd, Ft Collins, CO (S)

[edit] B-24D CO Consolidated-San Diego

• B-24D-CO c/n 25 40-2367 (N58246), ex 11th AF / 21st BS /28th Composite Group - 18 combat missions (Pilot Captain John Andres) - crashed 9 December 1942, Bechevin Bay, Atka, AK (W) ^[5]

• B-24D-10CO c/n 393 41-23908, ex 11th AF / 28th Composite Group / 21st BS (Pilot Captain Ernest Pruett) - crashed 18 January 1943, Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, UT (R) ^[6]

• B-24D-25CO c/n 1096 41-24301, ex-9th AF / 376th BG / 514th BS, (Pilot 1st Lt. William J. Hatton) - crashed 4 April 1943 " 64X Lady Be Good ", Tobruk, Libya (S) note: wreckage only

• B-24D-25CO c/n 1106 41-24311, ex-9th AF / 98th BG / 344th BS, (Pilot Captain Gilbert B. Hadley) crashed 1 August 1943 " L * Hadley's Harem ", Rahmi M Koc Museum (RMK), Istanbul, Turkey (D) ^{[7] [8]}note: nose section only

• B-24D-60CO c/n 1538 42-40461, ex-RAF Liberator GR V BZ734, ex-RCAF 599, ex-RCAF 10 Sqd(BR) "R", Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA (D) note: nose section only

• B-24D-70CO c/n 1634 42-40557, ex-RAF Liberator GR V BZ755, ex-RCAF 600, ex-RCAF 10 Sqd(BR) "N - Nanette", " Fighting Sam ", (D) note: nose section only

• B-24D-110CO c/n 1968 42-40891, ex-6th AF / 6th BG / 397th BS, " Night Mission " , The American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midlands, TX (D)^[9] note: nose art panel only

• B-24D-160CO c/n 2413 42-72843, ex-9th AF / 376th BG / 512th BS, ex-15th AF / 47th BW / 376th BG / 512th BS, " 24 Strawberry Bitch ", United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson, Ohio. (D) ^{[10] [11]}

• B-24D unknown s/n, " Hail Columbia ", Fantasy Of Flight Museum, Polk City, FL (D) note: nose section only

[edit] B-24J CO Consolidated-San Diego

• B-24J-20CO c/n 2758 42-73188, ex-14th AF / 308th BG / 374rd BS - 10 combat missions, " Forever Amber ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midlands, TX (D) ^[12] note: nose art panel only

• B-24J-205-CO c/n 5264 44-41328, ex-PB4Y-1 38923, ex-VPB-200, ex-VPB-116 "Easy Maid", SOC NAS Clinton, " Easy Maid ",The American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midlands, TX (D)^[13] note: nose art panel only

• B-24J-190CO c/n 4925 44-40989, ex-10th AF / 7th BG / 493 BS (AZON) " Double Trouble " The American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midlands, TX (D)^{[14] [15]}note: nose art panel only

• B-24J-190-CO c/n 4944 44-41008, ex-15th AF / 49th BW / 451st BG / 727nd BS, " Sloppy but Safe " - 90 combat missions,, The American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midlands, TX (D) ^[16]

[edit] B-24J CF Consolidated-Fort Worth

• B-24J-40CF c/n 899 42-50468, ex-B-24H-FO(PK), ex-8th AF / 2nd AD / 448th BG / 713rd BS " O-O-Nothin ! ",The American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midlands, TX (D)^[17] note: nose art panel only

• B-24J-85CF c/n 1347 44-44052 (N224J), ex-RAF Liberator GR VI KH191 ex-No 8 Sqn, ex-Indian Air Force T-18, " Q2 * M Witchcraft ", Collings Foundation. Stowe, MA (A)^[18][19]

• B-24J-90CF c/n 1470 44-44175 (N7866), ex-RAF Liberator B VII KH304, ex Indian Air Force HE877 ex-No. 6 Sqn "A", "FL * D Bungay Buckaroo ", Pima Air & Space Museum (PASM), Tucson, Arizona. (D) ^[20][21]

• B-24J-90CF c/n 1508 44-44213, ex-RAF Liberator GR VI, ex-Indian Air Force HE924 ex-No. 6 Sqn "L", " L ", India Air Force Museum, Palam, India. (D)

• B-24J-90CF c/n 1557 44-44262, ex-RAF Liberator D VI KH391, ex-Indian Air Force HE846, ex-No. 6 Sqn "D", Pooma AB, India (S?)

• B-24J-90CF c/n 1558 44-44263, ex-RAF Liberator B VI KH392, ex-Indian Air Force HE846, ex-No. 6 Sqn "T", Pooma AB, India (S?)

• B-24J-90CF c/n 1567 44-44272 (N94459), ex-RAF Liberator B VI KH401 No 357 Sqd, ex-Indian Air Force aircraft HE771, ex-No. 6 Sqn "P", " RR * R+ Joe ", Fantasy of Flight (FoF), Polk, FL (A) ^[22][23]

[edit] B-24J FO Ford-Willow Run

• B-24J-10FO c/n 3168 42-51637, ex-15th AF / 304th BW / 456th BG / 746th BS - 40 combat missions Miss Yourlovin, The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D) ^{[24] [25]}note: nose art panel only

• B-24J-20FO c/n 3636 44-48781, ex-Spartan School of Aeronautics, " WQ * E Louisiana Belle II ", Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB, LA (D) (N32 30' 43.41" W93 40' 53.58")

[edit] B-24L CO Consolidated-San Diego

• B-24L-1CO 44-41430, ex-14th AF / 308th BG / 374th BS, " Lady Luck ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum, Midlands, TX (D)^[26] note: nose art panel only

[edit] B-24L FO Ford-Willow Run

• B-24L-1FO c/n 3867 44-49112, ex-RAF Liberator GR.VIII KL506, ex-RCAF 11120, SOC: Oct 7, 1946, Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing, MI (D) note: nose section only

• B-24L-20FO c/n 4877 44-50022, ex RAF B. VIII KN7??, ex-RCAF 11133, Questmaster (W)

• B-24L-20FO c/n 5009 44-50154, ex-RAF Liberator B.VIII KN820 No 355 Sqd, ex IAF HE773 No 6 Sqd "M", " 11130 ", Canada Aviation Museum (CAM), Ottawa, Canada. (D) ^[27]

• B-24L-20FO c/n 5021 44-50166, ex-15th AF / 454th BG / 737rd BS " You Speak ",The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D)^[28] note: nose art panel only

• B-24L-20FO c/n 6707 44-50206, ex-RAF Liberator B.VIII KN571 ex-231 Group / No. 99 Sdn (Madras Presidency) "F", ex-Indian Air Force HE807, ex-No. 6 Sqn "K", RAF Museum (RAFM), Hendon, London, England (D), ^[29][30]

[edit] B-24M CO Consolidated-San Diego

• B-24M-10CO c/n 5852 44-41916 (N4907L), ex-USN PB4Y-1 Bu 90165, ex-OTU-1 VB-4, ex-NAS Hutchinson, ex-Boliviana de Aviacon CB-76, ex-Bolivian Overseas Airways CP-576, " Circle-B RE * H The Blasted Event ", Castle Air Museum (CAM), Castle AFB, Atwater, CA (D) (N37 21' 52.93" W120 34' 42.46")

• B-24M-10CO c/n 5992 44-41956, ex-RAAF A72-176, Werribee, Victoria, Australia. (D) ^{[31] [32]} note: wings from B-24D-13CO 42-41091 42-41091 Flying Wolf (Pacific Wrecks)

• B-24M-10CO c/n 5956 44-42020, ex-14th AF / 308th BG / 374th BS, " Squeeze ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D)^[33] note: nose art panel only

• B-24M-15CO c/n 6030 44-42094, ex-14th AF / 308th BG / 374th BS," Mama Foo Foo ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D)^[34][35] note: nose art panel only

• B-24M-15CO c/n unkn 44-4209?, ex-10th AF / 7th BG / 493rd BS, " Mission Completed ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D)^[36] note: s/n either 44-42095 or 44-42096, note: nose art panel only

• B-24M-15CO c/n 6053 44-42117, ex-14th AF / 308th BG / 374th BS, " Hump Time ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D)^{[37] [38]}note: nose art panel only

• B-24M-20CO c/n 6083 44-51228, ex-EZB-24M, ex-Aeronautical Icing Research Laboratory, "EC * C Dugan ", American Air Museum / Imperial War Museum - Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England (D) ^[39][40]

[edit] B-24M FO Ford-Willow Run

• B-24M-5FO c/n 2414 44-50529, ex-8th AF / 2nd AD / 2 CBW / 453rd BG / 732nd BS "Circle-J E8 * ?", ex-8th AF/ 2nd AD / 14th CBW / 491st BG / 852nd BS, "Circle-Z 3Q * ? Flamin' Mamie", ex-RFC Walnut Ridge, AR, SOC: Jan 14, 1946, " Flamin' Mamie ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D) ^[41] note: nose art panel only

• B-24M-10FO c/n 2682 44-50797, ex-14th AF / 68th CW / 308th BG / 375th BS, " Sack Time ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D) ^[42] note: nose art panel only

• B-24M-10FO c/n 2688 44-50803, ex-14th AF / 68th CW / 308th BG / 374th BS " Yellow Fever ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D) ^{[43] [44]} note: nose art panel only

• B-24M-15FO c/n 5811 44-50956, ex-14th AF / 308th BG / 374th BS "Surprise Attack", ex-RFC Walnut Ridge, AZ, SOC: Nov 3, 1945, " Surprise Attack ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D)^[45] note: nose art panel only

• B-24M-15FO c/n 5885 44-51030, ex-10th AF / 7th BG / 493rd BS " Sleepy Time Gal ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D) ^{[46] [47]} note: nose art panel only

[edit] B-24 Unknown

• B-24J s/n unknown, Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (W) ^[48]

• B-24J, ex-10th AF / 7th BG / 436rd BS " Home Stretch " , The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D) ^{[49] [50]}note: nose art panel only

• B-24, ex-10th AF / 7th BG / 493rd BS " Lassie, I'm home ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D ^[51] note: nose art panel only

• B-24, ex-10th AF / 7th BG / 493rd BS " Mors ab Alto ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D) ^[52] note: nose art panel only

• B-24J, ex-10th AF / 7th BG " Southern Comfort ", The American Airpower Heritage Museum (CAF), Midlands, TX (D ^[53]

[edit] B-24 (Replica)

• B-24J-45CF 44-10395, ex-RAF LIberator B.IV KG890, ex-1586 sqn (Polish) (Special)" GR-S ", Warsaw Rising Museum (D) ^[54][55]

• B-24M-20CO 44-51228, RE * Z, USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX (D) ^[56] (N29 23' 23.37" W98 37 06.41")

[edit] PB4Y-2 CO Consolidated-San Diego

• PB4Y-2S-CO 59695, ex-HDN-2/FAW-14, ex-VPB-143, ex-P4Y-2, ex-VP-894 (NAS Seattle) crashed 26 August 1956 (Pilot Lt. Thorson), Lake Washington, WA (W) ^[57][58]

• PB4Y-2S-CO 59701 (N6884C), ex-VPB-120, ex-HDN FAW-4 ex-VP-197, ex-VP-HL-7, ex-NAS San Diego, ex-Tanker "B27"" 127 ", Hawkins and Powers Aviation, Greybull, WY (S)^[59] (N44 30' 34.23" W108 04 49.09")

• PB4Y-2S-CO 59819 (N3739G), ex-VPB-120, ex-VP-HL-10, ex-FASRON-112,ex-NAS San Diego, ex-VP-HL-6, ex-VP-26 NAS Pax River, ex-Air Tanker "30" , Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM), Galveston, TX (R)^[60][61]

• PB4Y-2-CO 59876 (N6813D), ex-VB-197 NAS Miramar, ex-VPW-1, ex-HDN-2 FAW-14, ex-NAS Corpus Christi, ex-PB4Y-2G, ex-USCG Barbers Point, SOC: NAS Litchfield Park ex-Hawkins & Powers air tanker "A25", "B25", "125", Yankee Air Museum (YAM), Belleville, MI (S)

• PB4Y-2-CO 59882 (N6884C), ex-HDN FAW-14 ex-VPB-197 ex-HDN-2 FAW-14, ex-PB4Y-2G, ex-USCG, SOC: NAS Litchfield Park, ex-air tanker "B26" & "126", " 126 ", Hawkins & Powers Aviation, Greybull, WY (S)^[62](N44 30' 39.47" W108 04 47.95")

• PB4Y-2M-CO 59932 (N9829C), ex-VPW-3, ex-VPM-3, ex-VP-HL-3, Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft, Kissimmee, FL (W) note: fuselage only

• PB4Y-2S-CO 66261 (N7682C), ex-tanker " V514 ", Naval Aviation Museum (NAM), NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL (D) ^[63] (N30 21' 12.76" W87 18' 19.00")

• PB4Y-2-CO 66300, (N2872G), ex-PB4Y-2G ex-USCG Elizabeth City, ex-air Tanker "B24" & "124" " 124 ", Hawkins & Powers Aviation, Greybull, WY (S) (N44 30' 39.92" W108 04 50.03")

• PB4Y-2-CO 66302, (N2871G), ex-PB4Y-2G ex-USCG Elizabeth City, ex-air Tanker "B21" & "A20" & "121" & "124" " 124 ", Hawkins & Powers Aviation, Greybull, WY (S) (N44 30' 40.61" W108 04 49.95")

[edit] Reference

[edit] External links

• Aeroweb's B-24 Location List
• Aeroweb's PB4Y Location List
• Aeroweb's B-24 Gallery
• B-24 Survivors - John Weeks
• Nose Art Collection
• AAHM nose art information
• Navy PB4Y-1 & PB4Y-2 information
• Air tanker listing
• Baugher B-24 Page
• Modern Replica Nose art
• Lancaster museum
• French Aviation Wreckology

• Pacific Wreck Database (large listing of crash sites)

[edit] See also

• Preproduction B-24
• Consolidated Liberator I
• XB-41 Liberator
• C-87 Liberator Express
• Consolidated PB4Y-2
• List of B-24 Liberator operators

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