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The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is an American World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.The Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modifications as the PB4Y-1 Liberator, and along with maritime patrol Liberators used by RAF Coastal Command, this type of patrol plane was proven successful.
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Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator: 977 Four engine monoplane patrol bomber Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express: 287 Four engine monoplane cargo airplane Consolidated C-109: 218 Four engine monoplane cargo airplane Consolidated Liberator I: 20 Four engine monoplane heavy bomber Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer: 1944 739 Four engine monoplane patrol bomber
The Consolidated Aircraft Company PB4Y-2 Privateer was a U.S. Navy patrol bomber that was derived directly from the B-24 Liberator. The U.S. Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modifications as the PB4Y-1 Liberator, and along with maritime patrol B-24s used by RAF Coastal Command this type of patrol plane had been quite successful.
PB4Y-1 was based on the B-24D. PB4Y-1 name covers also all other G-, J-, L- and M versions in USN service. PB4Y-P was a photographic reconnaissance variant based on the PB4Y-1. The C-87 transport version became the RY-1 (C-87A) and the RY-2 (C-87 base) The PB4Y-2 "Privateer" was a true US Navy developed version.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and other allied air forces during World War II.Of the 19,256 B-24, PB4Y-1, LB-30 and other model variants in the Liberator family produced, thirteen complete examples survive today, two of which are airworthy.
U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, BuNo 59394, of VPB-106, [50] out of NAAS Camp Kearney, California, became lost in bad weather on a long-range training mission, ran out of fuel and ditched in the Gulf of California. Eleven crew, two female Marines, and the squadron canine mascot all evacuated the bomber as it rapidly sank. [51]