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CONVAIR Privateer (59819) - At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, 21 Apr 17. More from their website:br /br /Manufacturer: CONSOLIDATEDbr /Markings: Patrol Bombing Squadron 120 (VPB-120), Shemya Island, Alaska, 1945br /Designation: PB4Y-2br /Registration: N3739Gbr /Serial Number: 59819br /br /CONSOLIDATED PB4Y-2 PRIVATEERbr /br /br /The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer was a United States Navy long range patrol bomber derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. At the outbreak of World War II the Navy lacked any long-range land based patrol bombers to conduct search, anti-submarine, and anti-shipping missions. In 1942 the navy put in a request for 977 B-24s designated PB4Y-1. While PB4Y-1s distinguished themselves in the Atlantic and the Pacific, it was still essentially a B-24 designed for high altitude missions, not low altitude patrol missions
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CONVAIR Privateer (59819)

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At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, 21 Apr 17. More from their website:

Manufacturer: CONSOLIDATED
Markings: Patrol Bombing Squadron 120 (VPB-120), Shemya Island, Alaska, 1945
Designation: PB4Y-2
Registration: N3739G
Serial Number: 59819

CONSOLIDATED PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER


The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer was a United States Navy long range patrol bomber derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. At the outbreak of World War II the Navy lacked any long-range land based patrol bombers to conduct search, anti-submarine, and anti-shipping missions. In 1942 the navy put in a request for 977 B-24s designated PB4Y-1. While PB4Y-1s distinguished themselves in the Atlantic and the Pacific, it was still essentially a B-24 designed for high altitude missions, not low altitude patrol missions

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