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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=PB4Y-2_Privateer&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="PB4Y-2 Privateer">PB4Y-2 Privateer</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Patrol bomber of the US Navy, 1943</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote 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.infobox-label{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-label{width:30%;padding-right:3px}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-data{width:50%}}</style><table class="infobox ib-aircraft vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">PB4Y-2/P4Y-2 Privateer</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PB4Y-2_Privateer_VP-23_in_flight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/PB4Y-2_Privateer_VP-23_in_flight.jpg/300px-PB4Y-2_Privateer_VP-23_in_flight.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/PB4Y-2_Privateer_VP-23_in_flight.jpg/450px-PB4Y-2_Privateer_VP-23_in_flight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/PB4Y-2_Privateer_VP-23_in_flight.jpg/600px-PB4Y-2_Privateer_VP-23_in_flight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1828" data-file-height="1148" /></a></span> <div class="ib-aircraft-caption">U.S. Navy PB4Y-2 from <a href="/wiki/VP-23" title="VP-23">VP-23</a> in flight.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol_aircraft" title="Maritime patrol aircraft">Maritime patrol bomber</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Aircraft" title="Consolidated Aircraft">Consolidated Aircraft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary users</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a><div> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">739</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufactured</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduction date</th><td class="infobox-data">1943</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">1954, U.S. Navy<br />1958, U.S. Coast Guard</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer</b> is an American <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> era <a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol_aircraft" title="Maritime patrol aircraft">patrol bomber</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> derived from the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a>. The Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modifications as the <b>PB4Y-1 Liberator</b>, and along with maritime patrol Liberators used by <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coastal_Command" title="RAF Coastal Command">RAF Coastal Command</a>, this type of patrol plane was proven successful. A fully <a href="/wiki/Navalised_aircraft" title="Navalised aircraft">navalized</a> design was desired, and Consolidated developed a dedicated long-range patrol bomber in 1943, designated PB4Y-2 Privateer.<sup id="cite_ref-baugher1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baugher1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1951, the type was redesignated <b>P4Y-2 Privateer</b>. A further designation change occurred in September 1962, when the remaining US Navy Privateers (all having previously been converted to <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">drone</a> configuration as P4Y-2K) were redesignated QP-4B. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PB4Y-2_with_bats_NAN2-46.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/PB4Y-2_with_bats_NAN2-46.jpg/220px-PB4Y-2_with_bats_NAN2-46.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/PB4Y-2_with_bats_NAN2-46.jpg/330px-PB4Y-2_with_bats_NAN2-46.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/PB4Y-2_with_bats_NAN2-46.jpg/440px-PB4Y-2_with_bats_NAN2-46.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2945" data-file-height="1991" /></a><figcaption>A PB4Y-2B carrying <a href="/wiki/ASM-N-2_Bat" title="ASM-N-2 Bat">ASM-N-2 Bat</a> <a href="/wiki/Glide_bomb" title="Glide bomb">glide bombs</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Privateer was externally similar to the Liberator, but the <a href="/wiki/Fuselage" title="Fuselage">fuselage</a> was longer to accommodate a <a href="/wiki/Flight_engineer" title="Flight engineer">flight engineer</a>'s station, and it had a tall single <a href="/wiki/Vertical_stabilizer" title="Vertical stabilizer">vertical stabilizer</a> rather than the B-24's <a href="/wiki/Twin_tail" title="Twin tail">twin tail</a> configuration. The Navy wanted a flight engineer <a href="/wiki/Aircrew#Military" title="Aircrew">crewmember</a> to reduce <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_pilot" title="Aircraft pilot">pilot</a> fatigue on long duration over water patrols. The single vertical tail was adopted from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">USAAF</a>'s canceled <b>B-24N</b> design (and was slightly taller on the Privateer) because it would increase <a href="/wiki/Flight_dynamics_(fixed-wing_aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flight dynamics (fixed-wing aircraft)">stability</a> at low to medium <a href="/wiki/Altitude" title="Altitude">altitudes</a> for <a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol_aircraft" title="Maritime patrol aircraft">maritime patrol</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company" title="Ford Motor Company">Ford Motor Company</a>, which produced B-24s for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a>, had earlier built an experimental variant (<b>B-24K</b>) using a single tail.<sup id="cite_ref-baugher_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baugher-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aircraft handling was improved. The single tail design was used on the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-32_Dominator" title="Consolidated B-32 Dominator">B-32 Dominator</a> and PB4Y-2 and was slated for the US Army Air Forces' proposed B-24N production model to be built by Ford, but that order (for several thousand bombers) was canceled on 31 May 1945. </p><p>Defensive armament on the PB4Y-2 was increased to twelve <a href="/wiki/.50_BMG" title=".50 BMG">.50-in (12.7 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">M2 Browning</a> <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine guns</a> in six power-operated <a href="/wiki/Gun_turret#Aircraft" title="Gun turret">turrets</a> (two dorsal, two waist, nose and tail); the B-24's ventral, retractable Sperry <a href="/wiki/Ball_turret" title="Ball turret">ball turret</a> was omitted. <a href="/wiki/Turbocharger" title="Turbocharger">Turbosuperchargers</a> were not fitted to the Privateer's engines since maritime patrol missions were not usually flown at high altitude, improving performance and also saving weight. </p><p>The navigator's <a href="/wiki/Astrodome_(aeronautics)" title="Astrodome (aeronautics)">astrodome</a> was moved from its (B-24/PB4Y-1) position on the aircraft's upper nose to behind the first dorsal gun turret. <a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasure" title="Electronic countermeasure">Electronic countermeasure</a> (ECM), communication and radar antennas also protruded or were enclosed in <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_fairing" title="Aircraft fairing">fairings</a> at various locations on the <a href="/wiki/Fuselage" title="Fuselage">fuselage</a> of the Privateer, including a manually retractable <a href="/wiki/AN/APS-2" title="AN/APS-2">AN/APS-2</a> <a href="/wiki/Radome" title="Radome">radome</a> behind the nose wheel well. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> eventually took delivery of 739 Privateers, the majority after the end of <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">the war</a>. Several PB4Y-2 <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadrons</a> saw operational service in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific theater</a> through August 1945 in the <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Search_and_rescue" title="Search and rescue">search and rescue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasure" title="Electronic countermeasure">electronic countermeasures</a>, communication relay, and <a href="/wiki/Anti-surface_warfare" title="Anti-surface warfare">anti-shipping</a> roles (the latter with the <a href="/wiki/ASM-N-2_Bat" title="ASM-N-2 Bat">"Bat" radar-guided bomb</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Privateer entered U.S. Navy service during late 1944, Patrol Bomber Squadrons 118 and 119 (<a href="/wiki/VPB-118" title="VPB-118">VPB-118</a> and <a href="/wiki/VP-7" title="VP-7">VPB-119</a>) being the first Fleet squadrons to equip with the aircraft. The first overseas deployment began on 6 January 1945, when VPB-118 left for operations in the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Marianas</a>. On 2 March 1945 VPB-119 began "offensive search" missions out of <a href="/wiki/Clark_Air_Base" title="Clark Air Base">Clark Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> in the Philippines, flying sectored searches of the seas and coastlines extending from the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin" title="Gulf of Tonkin">Gulf of Tonkin</a> in the south, along the Chinese coast, and beyond <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a> in the north. </p><p>Privateers were used as <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_hunters" title="Hurricane hunters">typhoon/hurricane hunters</a> from 1945 to the mid-1950s. One aircraft, designated BuNo 59415 of VPB-119, went down when it experienced mechanical trouble while investigating a Category 1 typhoon near <a href="/wiki/Batan_Island" title="Batan Island">Batan Island</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>. It attempted to land on the island, but was unable to do so and crashed. It was one of only six hurricane hunter flights that were ever lost, and the only one found.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another P4Y-2S, designated BuNo 59716 of Squadron VW-3 (formerly VJ-1), was lost during reconnaissance of Super Typhoon Doris on 16 December 1953. Flying out of NAS Agana, Guam, the Privateer with a crew of nine was tracking Typhoon Doris with sustained winds of 90-95 knots near the small island of Agrihan north of Guam. No sign of the crew nor wreckage of the plane was ever found. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Coast_Guard_Consolidated_P4Y-2G_Privateer_in_flight,_circa_in_the_1950s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/U.S._Coast_Guard_Consolidated_P4Y-2G_Privateer_in_flight%2C_circa_in_the_1950s.jpg/220px-U.S._Coast_Guard_Consolidated_P4Y-2G_Privateer_in_flight%2C_circa_in_the_1950s.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/U.S._Coast_Guard_Consolidated_P4Y-2G_Privateer_in_flight%2C_circa_in_the_1950s.jpg/330px-U.S._Coast_Guard_Consolidated_P4Y-2G_Privateer_in_flight%2C_circa_in_the_1950s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/U.S._Coast_Guard_Consolidated_P4Y-2G_Privateer_in_flight%2C_circa_in_the_1950s.jpg/440px-U.S._Coast_Guard_Consolidated_P4Y-2G_Privateer_in_flight%2C_circa_in_the_1950s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1029" data-file-height="553" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Coast Guard P4Y-2G BuNo 66306</figcaption></figure> <p>PB4Y-2s were also used during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> to fly "Firefly" night illumination missions dropping <a href="/wiki/Flare" title="Flare">parachute flares</a> to detect <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korean</a> and Chinese seaborne infiltrators. In addition, Privateers were used by the U.S. Navy for <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">signals intelligence</a> (SIGINT) flights off of the coast of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and the People's Republic of China. On 8 April 1950, Soviet <a href="/wiki/Lavochkin_La-11" title="Lavochkin La-11">La-11</a> fighters shot down a U.S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer (BuNo 59645) over the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Liepāja, Latvia. Named the <i>Turbulent Turtle</i>, the aircraft was assigned to <a href="/wiki/VP-26#1950s" title="VP-26">Patrol Squadron 26</a> (<a href="/wiki/VP-26" title="VP-26">VP-26</a>), Det A.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French <i><a href="/wiki/French_Naval_Aviation" title="French Naval Aviation">Aéronavale</a></i> was supplied with Privateers via the <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Defense_Assistance_Act" title="Mutual Defense Assistance Act">Mutual Defense Assistance Act</a>, which they used as bombers during the <a href="/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">Indochina War</a> and later operated out of <a href="/wiki/Bizerte" title="Bizerte">Bizerte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Algiers" title="Algiers">Algiers</a>. </p><p>All U.S. Navy PB4Y-2s were retired by 1954, though unarmed PB4Y-2G Privateers served until 1958 with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a> before being auctioned off for salvage. </p><p>The Navy dropped the patrol-bomber designation in 1951 and its remaining PB4Y-2s were redesignated <b>P4Y-2 Privateer</b>. (The earlier <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_XP4Y_Corregidor" title="Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor">XP4Y-1 Corregidor</a> was a completely different design, based on the Consolidated Model 31 twin-engine flying boat.) PB4Y-2s were still being used as <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">drones</a> in the 1950s/early 1960s, designated <b>PB4Y-2K</b>, and <b>P4Y-2K</b> after 1951. They were then redesignated <b>QP-4B</b> under the <a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system" title="1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system">1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system</a>, becoming part of the new patrol number series between the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion" title="Lockheed P-3 Orion">Lockheed P-3 Orion</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Martin_P5M_Marlin" title="Martin P5M Marlin">Martin P-5 Marlin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A number of PB4Ys were supplied to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Air_Force" title="Republic of China Air Force">Republic of China Air Force</a> for use in missions over the People's Republic of China. One was shot down by ground fire on 12 September 1954, near <a href="/wiki/Xiamen" title="Xiamen">Xiamen</a>, People's Republic of China. The crew of nine was killed. Another was shot down on 15 February 1961 by Burmese <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Fury" title="Hawker Sea Fury">Hawker Sea Fury</a> fighter aircraft, near the Thai-Burmese border, killing five members of the crew. Two other crew members were taken prisoner. This aircraft was carrying supplies for Chinese <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang_in_Burma" title="Kuomintang in Burma">Kuomintang forces</a> fighting in northern <a href="/wiki/Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma">Burma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Privateers_in_aerial_firefighting">Privateers in aerial firefighting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Privateers in aerial firefighting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P4Y.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/P4Y.jpg/220px-P4Y.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/P4Y.jpg/330px-P4Y.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/P4Y.jpg/440px-P4Y.jpg 2x" data-file-width="863" data-file-height="554" /></a><figcaption>P4Y-2 Tanker <b>123</b> BuNo 66260 (N7620C), of Hawkins & Powers in service supporting the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Forestry_and_Fire_Protection" title="California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection">CDF</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Field" title="Rogers Field">Chester Air Attack Base</a> in the late 1990s—<a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_airtanker_crashes" title="2002 United States airtanker crashes">crashed 18 July 2002</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg/220px-Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg/330px-Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg/440px-Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Naval_Aviation_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1120" data-file-height="744" /></a><figcaption>PB4Y-2 BuNo 66261 (marked as BuNo 66304) in the collection of the <a href="/wiki/National_Naval_Aviation_Museum" title="National Naval Aviation Museum">National Naval Aviation Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola">NAS Pensacola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>A limited number of refitted PB4Ys and P4Ys continued in civilian service as <a href="/wiki/Aerial_firefighting" title="Aerial firefighting">airtankers</a>, dropping fire retardant on forest fires throughout the western United States. On 18 July 2002, one such refitted P4Y, BuNo 66260 (seen in picture to right) operated by Hawkins and Powers Aviation of <a href="/wiki/Greybull,_Wyoming" title="Greybull, Wyoming">Greybull, Wyoming</a> broke up in flight while fighting a wildfire near <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_National_Park" title="Rocky Mountain National Park">Rocky Mountain National Park</a>. Both crew members were killed in the accident, and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a> temporarily grounded all large air tankers in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-firehouse_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firehouse-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the fact that the crash was the result of poor maintenance, and a much newer C-130 based aircraft also broke apart due to similar stresses, all remaining Privateers were retired. (See <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_airtanker_crashes" title="2002 United States airtanker crashes">2002 United States airtanker crashes</a>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>YPB4Y-2</dt> <dd>prototypes, three built.</dd> <dt>PB4Y-2</dt> <dd>main production version, 736 built.</dd> <dt>PB4Y-2B</dt> <dd>PB4Y-2s equipped to launch ASM-N-2 <i>Bat</i> air-to-surface missiles. Redesignated P4Y-2B in 1951.</dd> <dt>PB4Y-2M</dt> <dd>PB4Y-2s converted for weather reconnaissance. Redesignated P4Y-2M in 1951.</dd> <dt>PB4Y-2S</dt> <dd>PB4Y-2s equipped with anti-submarine radar. Redesignated P4Y-2S in 1951.</dd> <dt>PB4Y-2G</dt> <dd>PB4Y-2s converted for air-sea rescue and weather reconnaissance duties with the U.S. Coast Guard. Redesignated P4Y-2G in 1951.</dd> <dt>PB4Y-2K</dt> <dd>PB4Y-2s converted to target drones. 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/PB4Y-2_SN66302.jpg/330px-PB4Y-2_SN66302.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/PB4Y-2_SN66302.jpg/440px-PB4Y-2_SN66302.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="605" /></a><figcaption>P4Y-2G Super Privateer BuNo 66302.</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Airworthy</dt></dl> <dl><dt><dl><dt>P4Y-2G</dt></dl></dt></dl> <ul><li>66302 – based in <a href="/wiki/Casa_Grande,_Arizona" title="Casa Grande, Arizona">Casa Grande, Arizona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>On display</dt></dl> <dl><dt><dl><dt>PB4Y-2</dt></dl></dt></dl> <ul><li>59701 – <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Flight_and_Aerial_Firefighting" title="Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting">Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greybull,_Wyoming" title="Greybull, Wyoming">Greybull, Wyoming</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>59819 – <a href="/wiki/Pima_Air_and_Space_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Pima Air and Space Museum">Pima Air and Space Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>59876 – <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Flight_Museum" title="Michigan Flight Museum">Michigan Flight Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belleville,_Michigan" title="Belleville, Michigan">Belleville, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>59882 – Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting in <a href="/wiki/Greybull,_Wyoming" title="Greybull, Wyoming">Greybull, Wyoming</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>59932 (nose only) <i>Over Exposed</i> – <a href="/wiki/The_National_WWII_Museum" title="The National WWII Museum">The National WWII Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>. Displayed as a B-24D.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>66261 – <a href="/wiki/National_Naval_Aviation_Museum" title="National Naval Aviation Museum">National Naval Aviation Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Pensacola" title="Naval Air Station Pensacola">Naval Air Station Pensacola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>66300 – <a href="/wiki/Yanks_Air_Museum" title="Yanks Air Museum">Yanks Air Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chino,_California" title="Chino, California">Chino, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(PB4Y-2)"><span id="Specifications_.28PB4Y-2.29"></span>Specifications (PB4Y-2)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Specifications (PB4Y-2)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer_3-view_line_drawing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer_3-view_line_drawing.png/220px-Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer_3-view_line_drawing.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="316" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer_3-view_line_drawing.png/330px-Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer_3-view_line_drawing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer_3-view_line_drawing.png/440px-Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer_3-view_line_drawing.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="2012" /></a><figcaption>3-view line drawing of the Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer</figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> <i>Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> 11: two pilots, navigator, bombardier, five gunners, two radio operators</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 74 ft 7 in (22.73 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 110 ft 0 in (33.53 m)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 1,048 sq ft (97.4 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 27,485 lb (12,467 kg)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 65,000 lb (29,500 kg)</li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 4 × <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-1830_Twin_Wasp" title="Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp">Pratt & Whitney R-1830</a>-94 <a href="/wiki/Radial_engine" title="Radial engine">radial engines</a>, 1,350 hp (1,007 kW) each</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 300 mph (482 km/h, 261 kn)</li> <li><b>Cruise speed:</b> 175 mph (282 km/h, 152 kn)</li> <li><b>Range:</b> 2,820 mi (4,540 km, 2,450 nmi)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 21,000 ft (6,400 m)</li> <li><b>Wing loading:</b> 62 lb/sq ft (300 kg/m<sup>2</sup>)</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Armament</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li><b>Guns:</b> 12 × .50 in (12.7 mm) <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">M2 Browning</a> <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine guns</a> in six turrets</li> <li><b>Bombs:</b> Up to 12,800 lb (5,800 kg) of <a href="/wiki/Aerial_bomb" title="Aerial bomb">bombs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p> <b>Related development</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Consolidated B-24 Liberator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-32_Dominator" title="Consolidated B-32 Dominator">Consolidated B-32 Dominator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express" title="Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express">Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_R2Y" title="Consolidated R2Y">Consolidated R2Y</a></li></ul> <p><b>Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Shackleton" title="Avro Shackleton">Avro Shackleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_200_Condor" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor">Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Warwick" title="Vickers Warwick">Vickers Warwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakajima_G8N" title="Nakajima G8N">Nakajima G8N</a></li></ul> <p> <b>Related lists</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_World_War_II" title="List of aircraft of World War II">List of aircraft of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of military aircraft of the United States">List of military aircraft of the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Retrieved: 13 November 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-baugher-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-baugher_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Baugher, Joe. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b24_23.html">"Consolidated B-24N Liberator."</a> <i>American Military Aircraft.</i> Retrieved: 13 November 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tannehill, Ivan Ray. <i>The Hurricane Hunters.</i> New York: Dodd Mead, 1955. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-396-03789-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-396-03789-5">0-396-03789-5</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/res12e522/ColdWar.html">"Intrusions, Overflights, Shootdowns and Defections During the Cold War and Thereafter."</a> <i>ncnetwork.net.</i> Retrieved: 25 July 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gordon Swanborough, Peter M. Bowers: <i>United States Navy aircraft since 1911.</i> Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland (USA) 1990, p. 106. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-792-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-792-5">0-87021-792-5</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pocock, Chris. <i>The Black Bats: CIA Spy Flights Over China From Taiwan, 1951–1969</i>. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Military History, 2010. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-3513-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7643-3513-6">978-0-7643-3513-6</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-firehouse-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-firehouse_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021006163015/http://firehouse.com/lodd/2002/co_jul19.html">"Two Die in Crash Fighting Colorado Wildfire."</a> <i>Firehouse.com.</i> Retrieved: 13 November 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2871G">"FAA Registry: N2871G"</a> <i>FAA.gov</i> Retrieved: 29 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gosshawkunlimited.com/restoration/consolidated-pb4y-2-privateer/">"PB4Y-2 Privateer/66302"</a> <i>GossHawk Unlimited</i> Retrieved: 2 November 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/consolidated.pdf">"PB4Y-2 Privateer/59701"</a> <i>Warbird Directory: Consolidated Page 7</i> Retrieved: 21 September 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/consolidated-pb4y-2/">"PB4Y-2 Privateer/59819"</a> <i>Pima Air and Space Museum</i> Retrieved: 2 November 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://yankeeairmuseum.org/aircraft-collection/">"PB4Y-2 Privateer/59876"</a> <i>Yankee Air Force</i> Retrieved: 13 November 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7962C">"FAA Registry: N7962C"</a> <i>FAA.gov</i> Retrieved: 29 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/consolidated.pdf">"PB4Y-2 Privateer/59882"</a> <i>Warbird Directory: Consolidated Page 7</i> Retrieved: 21 September 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalww2museum.org/us-freedom-pavilion-the-boeing-center/consolidated-b-24-liberator.html">"PB4Y-2 Privateer/59932"</a> <i>National World War II Museum</i> Retrieved: 16 July 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/aircraft/pb4y-2-privateer/">"PB4Y-2 Privateer/66261"</a> <i>National Naval Aviation Museum</i> Retrieved: 13 November 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2872G">"FAA Registry: N2872G"</a> <i>FAA.gov</i> Retrieved: 29 July 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://yanksair.org/exhibition/consolidated-pb4y-2-privateer/">"PB4Y-2 Privateer/66300"</a> <i>Yanks Air Museum</i> Retrieved: 21 September 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bridgeman 1946, pp. 217–218.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Bibliography</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Accidents and incidents involving the Consolidated B-24 Liberator">Accidents and incidents</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Little_Eva_(aircraft)" title="Little Eva (aircraft)">1942 Queensland crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Gibraltar_Liberator_AL523_crash" title="1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash">1943 Gibraltar crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Saint-Donat_RCAF_Liberator_III_crash" title="1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash">1943 Saint-Donat crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Liberator_crash_at_Whenuapai" title="1943 Liberator crash at Whenuapai">1943 Whenuapai crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freckleton_air_disaster" title="Freckleton air disaster">1944 Freckleton air disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Montreal_RAF_Liberator_VI_crash" title="1944 Montreal RAF Liberator VI crash">1944 Montreal crash</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Atka_B-24D_Liberator" title="Atka B-24D Liberator">40-2367</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Cat_(aircraft)" title="Black Cat (aircraft)">Black Cat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Commando_(aircraft)" title="Commando (aircraft)">Commando</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Stuff_(aircraft)" title="Hot Stuff (aircraft)">Hot Stuff</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Be_Good_(aircraft)" title="Lady Be Good (aircraft)">Lady Be Good</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Eva_(aircraft)" title="Little Eva (aircraft)">Little Eva</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shady_Lady_(aircraft)" title="Shady Lady (aircraft)">Shady Lady</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link 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