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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/C-87-liberator-express.jpg/300px-C-87-liberator-express.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/C-87-liberator-express.jpg/450px-C-87-liberator-express.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/C-87-liberator-express.jpg/600px-C-87-liberator-express.jpg 2x" data-file-width="832" data-file-height="516" /></a></span></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/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Military transport aircraft</a></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">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Retired</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary users</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a><div> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">287</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduction date</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1942_in_aviation" title="1942 in aviation">1942</a></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 C-87 Liberator Express</b> was a transport derivative of the <a href="/wiki/B-24_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a> heavy bomber built during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a>. A total of 287 C-87s were delivered by <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Aircraft" title="Consolidated Aircraft">Consolidated Aircraft</a> from its plant in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a>. </p><p>The plant also developed and delivered a USAAF <a href="/wiki/Flight_engineer" title="Flight engineer">flight engineer</a> trainer designated the <b>AT-22.</b> Other versions included the AAF <b>C-87A,</b> an executive transport version; and the <b>RY,</b> a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/VIP" class="mw-redirect" title="VIP">VIP</a> transport. </p><p>The Navy also ordered the <b>RY-3,</b> a Navy-contracted, single-tail version with an extended fuselage built in San Diego; the AAF also ordered the design under the designation C-87C. Those were cancelled and allotted to a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> VIP transport designated the <b>Liberator C.IX.</b> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/C-109_Liberator" class="mw-redirect" title="C-109 Liberator">C-109 Liberator</a> was a fuel-transport converted from existing B-24s.<sup id="cite_ref-c-109_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c-109-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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_C-87_Liberator_Express&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The C-87 was hastily designed in early 1942 to fill the need for a heavy cargo and personnel transport with longer range and better high-altitude performance than the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a>, the most widely available <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> transport aircraft at the time. Production began in 1942. </p><p>The first C-87 prototype was 41–11608. The design included various modifications, including the elimination of gun turrets and other armament along with the installation of a strengthened cargo floor, including a floor running through the bomb bay. The glazed nose of the bombardier compartment of the B-24 was replaced by a hinged metal cap to allow loading the nose compartment, which in the bomber version can only be reached through a crawlspace under the cockpit floor. A cargo door was added to the port side of the fuselage, just forward of the tail, and a row of windows was fitted along the sides of the fuselage. </p><p>The C-87 could be fitted with removable seats and racks to carry personnel or litters in place of cargo. In its final configuration, the C-87 could carry between 20 and 25 passengers or 12,000 lb (5,400 kg) of cargo. Because of wartime production bottlenecks and shortages, many C-87 aircraft were fitted with turbosuperchargers producing lower boost pressure and thus unable to sustain power at the same altitudes as those fitted to B-24s destined for combat use, and ceiling and climb rate were accordingly reduced. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="C-87A_VIP_transport">C-87A VIP transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: C-87A VIP transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1942 and 1943, several C-87 aircraft were converted into VIP luxury passenger transports by adding insulation, padded seats, dividers, and other accommodations. The modified aircraft, designated C-87A, could carry 16 passengers. One C-87A, serial <i>41-24159</i>, was converted in 1943 to a presidential VIP transport, the <i>Guess Where II</i>, intended to carry President Franklin D. Roosevelt on international trips. Had it been accepted, it would have been the first aircraft to be used in presidential service, i.e. the first <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a>. However, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" title="United States Secret Service">Secret Service</a>, after a review of the C-87's controversial safety record, flatly refused to approve the <i>Guess Where II</i> for presidential carriage.<sup id="cite_ref-Dorr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dorr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Guess Where II</i> was used to transport senior members of the Roosevelt administration and in March 1944, flew <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt" title="Eleanor Roosevelt">Eleanor Roosevelt</a> on a goodwill tour of several Latin American countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Dorr_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dorr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="XC-87B">XC-87B</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: XC-87B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Consolidated_B-24_Liberator#17_February_1943" title="Accidents and incidents involving the Consolidated B-24 Liberator">damaged B-24D</a>, 42-40355, became what is referred to as the XC-87B with an extended fuselage and low-altitude engine packages. This transport, "Pinocchio" as it was known, was later converted to a single tailfin with Privateer-type engine packages. This should not be confused with the cancelled XC-87B project which proposed an armed transport. </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_C-87_Liberator_Express&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Operational history"><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_C-87_Liberator_Express.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express.jpg/220px-Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express.jpg/330px-Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express.jpg/440px-Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6036" data-file-height="4684" /></a><figcaption>C-87 Liberator Express takes off from Fort Worth, Texas on a test flight in October 1942.</figcaption></figure> <p>Most C-87s were operated by the <a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Command_(United_States_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Transport Command (United States Air Force)">U.S. Air Transport Command</a> and flown by formerly civilian crews from U.S. civil transport carriers. The planes were initially used on transoceanic routes too long to be flown by the C-47. After the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Burma" title="Japanese invasion of Burma">Japanese invasion of Burma</a> in 1942, the C-87 was used for flying war material from India to American and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">Chinese</a> forces over "<a href="/wiki/The_Hump" title="The Hump">The Hump</a>", the treacherous air route that crossed the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>. When the route was established, the C-87 was the only readily available American transport with high-altitude performance good enough to fly this route while carrying a large cargo load. </p><p>The C-87 was plagued by numerous problems and suffered from a poor reputation among its crews. Veteran airline pilot and author <a href="/wiki/Ernest_K._Gann" title="Ernest K. Gann">Ernest K. Gann</a>, in his 1961 memoir <i><a href="/wiki/Fate_is_the_Hunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Fate is the Hunter">Fate is the Hunter</a></i>, wrote: "They were an evil bastard contraption, nothing like the relatively efficient B-24 except in appearance." Complaints centered around electrical and hydraulic system failures in extreme cold at high altitudes, a disconcertingly frequent loss of all cockpit illumination during takeoffs, and a flight deck heating system that either produced stifling heat or did not function at all.<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> </p><p>The C-87 did not climb well when heavily loaded, a dangerous characteristic when flying out of the unimproved, rain-soaked airfields of India and China; many were lost on takeoff with the loss of just a single engine. Gann's book recounts a near-collision with the <a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal" title="Taj Mahal">Taj Mahal</a> after takeoff in a heavily loaded C-87 when full flaps had to be hastily deployed to increase the aircraft's altitude to avoid the edifice. The aircraft's auxiliary long-range fuel tanks were linked by improvised and often leaky fuel lines that crisscrossed the crew compartment, choking flight crews with noxious <a href="/wiki/Gasoline" title="Gasoline">gasoline</a> fumes and creating an explosion hazard. The C-87 also had a tendency to enter an uncontrollable <a href="/wiki/Stall_(flight)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stall (flight)">stall</a> or <a href="/wiki/Spin_(flight)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spin (flight)">spin</a> when confronted with even mild <a href="/wiki/Icing_conditions" class="mw-redirect" title="Icing conditions">icing conditions</a>, a frequent occurrence over the Himalayas. Gann said they "could not carry enough ice to chill a <a href="/wiki/Highball" title="Highball">highball</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 aircraft could also become unstable in flight if its <a href="/wiki/Center_of_gravity" class="mw-redirect" title="Center of gravity">center of gravity</a> shifted due to improper cargo loading. This longitudinal instability arose from the aircraft's hasty conversion from bomber to cargo transport. Unlike a normal cargo transport, which was designed from the start with a contiguous cargo compartment with a safety margin for fore-and-aft loading variations, the bomb racks and bomb bays built into the B-24 design were fixed in position, greatly limiting the aircraft's ability to tolerate improper loading. This problem was exacerbated by wartime exigencies and the failure of USAAF Air Transport Command to instruct <a href="/wiki/Loadmaster" title="Loadmaster">loadmasters</a> in the C-87's peculiarities. The design's roots as a bomber are also considered culpable for frequently collapsing <a href="/wiki/Landing_gear" title="Landing gear">nosegear</a>; its strength was adequate for an aircraft that dropped its payload in flight before landing on a well-maintained runway, but it proved marginal for an aircraft making repeated hard landings on rugged unimproved airstrips while heavily loaded. </p><p>Despite its shortcomings and unpopularity among its crews, the C-87 was valued for the reliability of its Pratt & Whitney engines, superior speed that enabled it to mitigate significantly the effect of head and cross winds, a <a href="/wiki/Ceiling_(aeronautics)#service_ceiling" title="Ceiling (aeronautics)">service ceiling</a> that allowed it to surmount most weather fronts, and range that permitted its crews to fly "pressure-front" patterns that chased favorable winds.<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> The C-87 was never fully displaced on the air routes by the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymaster</a> and <a href="/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">Curtiss C-46 Commando</a>, which offered similar performance combined with greater reliability and more benign flight characteristics. Some surviving C-87 aircraft were converted into VIP transports or flight crew trainers, and several others were sold to the Royal Air Force. </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_C-87_Liberator_Express&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>C-87</dt> <dd>USAAF transport variant of the B-24D with seats for 25 passengers, 278 built.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrade_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrade-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>C-87A</dt> <dd>VIP version for 16 passengers, three for the USAAF and three to the United States Navy as RY-1.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrade_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrade-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>C-87B</dt> <dd>Proposed armed variant, not built.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrade_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrade-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>XC-87B</dt></dl> <p>Conversions with stretched forward compartment and LB-30 type low altitude power packages. Later PB4Y-2 type power packages and single tail (see RY-3/C-87C). 42–40355. (Total: 1 conversion) </p> <dl><dt>C-87C</dt> <dd>Proposed USAAF variant of the RY-3, designation not used.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrade_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrade-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>RY-1</dt> <dd>United States Navy designation for three former USAAF C-87As fitted for 16 passengers.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrade_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrade-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>RY-2</dt> <dd>Five former USAAF C-87s fitted for 20 passengers, a further 15 were cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrade_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrade-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>RY-3</dt> <dd>A C-87 with the single tail and seven foot fuselage stretch of the <a href="/wiki/PB4Y-2_Privateer" class="mw-redirect" title="PB4Y-2 Privateer">PB4Y-2 Privateer</a>. 39 were built, and were used by the RAF Transport Command No. 231 Squadron, U.S. Marine Corps, and one was used by the RCAF.</dd> <dt>AT-22</dt> <dd>Five C-87s used for flight engineer training, later designated TB-24D.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrade_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrade-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Liberator C.VII</dt> <dd>Royal Air Force designation for C-87s supplied under Lend Lease<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Liberator C.IX</dt> <dd>Royal Air Force designation for 26 RY-3s supplied under Lend-Lease. The designation meaning "Cargo (aircraft) Mark 9"</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Aviation_Safety_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviation Safety Network">Aviation Safety Network</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Flight_Safety_Foundation" title="Flight Safety Foundation">Flight Safety Foundation</a>, records 150 <a href="/wiki/Hull_loss" title="Hull loss">hull loss</a> accidents involving the C-87 or the C-109 occurring between 1942 and 1964.<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> </p><p>On 30 November 1943, a C-87 with a crew of four plus a passenger ran out of fuel flying from <a href="/wiki/Kunming" title="Kunming">Kunming</a>, China to <a href="/wiki/Jorhat" title="Jorhat">Jorhat</a>, India, when it was blown off-course by strong wind. All five onboard landed near <a href="/wiki/Tsetang" title="Tsetang">Tsetang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a>, and became some of the first Americans to visit <a href="/wiki/Lhasa" title="Lhasa">Lhasa</a>.<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> </p><p>The worst accident took place 25 July 1944. All 27 on board USAAF C.87 <i>41-11706</i> were killed when it crashed on <a href="/wiki/Nggela_Islands" title="Nggela Islands">Florida Island</a> in the south-west Pacific;<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> the crew were civilian employees of <a href="/wiki/Consairway" title="Consairway">Consairway</a> and the passengers were high-ranking British and American officers, including Royal Air Force <a href="/wiki/Air_commodore" title="Air commodore">Air commodore</a> <a href="/wiki/I._J._Fitch" title="I. J. Fitch">Isaac John Fitch</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> </p><p>The next year, in July 1945 a Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express operated by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> bound for <a href="/wiki/Manus_Island" title="Manus Island">Manus Island</a> failed to gain altitude after taking off from Sydney's now non-existent runway 22, struck trees and crashed into the ground in <a href="/wiki/Brighton-Le-Sands,_New_South_Wales" title="Brighton-Le-Sands, New South Wales">Brighton-Le-Sands</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><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> The aircraft exploded on impact, killing all 12 passengers and crew on board. The victims were from the British, Australian and New Zealand armed forces.<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> </p><p>Another notable accident took place on 15 April 1957 when C-87 <i>XA-KUN</i>, operated by TAMSA (Transportes Aéreos Mexicanos SA), crashed after take-off from <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9rida_International_Airport" title="Mérida International Airport">Mérida-Rejon Airport</a>, killing all on board, including the famous Mexican actor and singer <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Infante" title="Pedro Infante">Pedro Infante</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Air_Force" title="Republic of China Air Force">Republic of China Air Force</a> Three C-87 aircraft were attached to the 8th Bomber Group as transports.</li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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(C-87)"><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_RY_3-view_line_drawing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Consolidated_RY_3-view_line_drawing.png/220px-Consolidated_RY_3-view_line_drawing.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Consolidated_RY_3-view_line_drawing.png/330px-Consolidated_RY_3-view_line_drawing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Consolidated_RY_3-view_line_drawing.png/440px-Consolidated_RY_3-view_line_drawing.png 2x" data-file-width="2140" data-file-height="2628" /></a><figcaption>3-view line drawing of the Consolidated RY</figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> <sup id="cite_ref-joebaugher_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-joebaugher-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<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> four (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, radio operator)</li> <li><b>Capacity:</b> ~25 passengers or 6,000 lb (2,700 kg) of cargo for transatlantic flights and 10,000 lb (4,500 kg) max for shorter flights</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 66 ft 4 in (20.22 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 110 ft 0 in (33.53 m)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 17 ft 11 in (5.46 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 1,048 sq ft (97.4 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 30,645 lb (13,900 kg)</li> <li><b>Gross weight:</b> 56,000 lb (25,401 kg)</li> <li><b>Fuel capacity:</b> 2,910 US gal (11,000 L; 2,420 imp gal)</li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 4 × <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-1830-43" class="mw-redirect" title="Pratt & Whitney R-1830-43">Pratt & Whitney R-1830-43</a> 14-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines with <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a> turbo-superchargers, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each at 2,700 rpm for take-off</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 300 mph (480 km/h, 260 kn) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m)</li> <li><b>Range:</b> 1,400 mi (2,300 km, 1,200 nmi) at 60% power, 215 mph (187 kn; 346 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m)</li> <li><b>Ferry range:</b> 3,300 mi (5,300 km, 2,900 nmi) at 215 mph (187 kn; 346 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 28,000 ft (8,500 m) at 56,000 lb (25,000 kg) take-off weight</li> <li><b>Time to altitude:</b> 20,000 ft (6,100 m) in 60 minutes</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_C-87_Liberator_Express&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090304014706/http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b24_27.html">https://web.archive.org/web/20090304014706/http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b24_27.html</a> Consolidated C-109</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dorr-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dorr_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dorr_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Dorr 2002, p. 134.</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">Gann, Ernest K. 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Hinckley, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. <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/0-904597-22-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-904597-22-9">0-904597-22-9</a>.</li> <li>Baugher, Joe. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b24_26.htm">"Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express".</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged January 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> <i>Joe Baugher's Encyclopedia of American Military Aircraft</i>. 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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 href="/wiki/1945_Broadway_Consolidated_Liberator_crash" title="1945 Broadway Consolidated Liberator crash">1945 Broadway crash</a></li> <li><a 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Aircraft" title="Consolidated Aircraft">Consolidated</a> aircraft</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturer designation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PT-1_Trusty" title="Consolidated PT-1 Trusty">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PT-3" title="Consolidated PT-3">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_O-17_Courier" title="Consolidated O-17 Courier">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_O-17_Courier" title="Consolidated O-17 Courier">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Commodore" title="Consolidated Commodore">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Model_1" title="Fleet Model 1">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Model_1" title="Fleet Model 1">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_O-17_Courier" title="Consolidated O-17 Courier">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Commodore" title="Consolidated Commodore">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Fleetster" title="Consolidated Fleetster">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Fleetster" title="Consolidated Fleetster">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Fleetster" title="Consolidated Fleetster">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PT-11" title="Consolidated PT-11">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P2Y" title="Consolidated P2Y">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas-Morse_O-19" title="Thomas-Morse O-19">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_XB2Y" title="Consolidated XB2Y">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PB2Y_Coronado" title="Consolidated PB2Y Coronado">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_XPB3Y" title="Consolidated XPB3Y">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_XP4Y_Corregidor" title="Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-32_Dominator" title="Consolidated B-32 Dominator">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-32_Dominator" title="Consolidated B-32 Dominator">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XC-99" title="Convair XC-99">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_R2Y" title="Consolidated R2Y">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer" title="Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer">40</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By role</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trainers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_NY" title="Consolidated NY">NY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PT-1_Trusty" title="Consolidated PT-1 Trusty">PT-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PT-3" title="Consolidated PT-3">PT-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PT-11" title="Consolidated PT-11">PT-11</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">AT-22</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Observation aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_OA-6" class="mw-redirect" title="Consolidated OA-6">OA-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_O-17_Courier" title="Consolidated O-17 Courier">O-17</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-30</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Patrol</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Commodore" title="Consolidated Commodore">PY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P2Y" title="Consolidated P2Y">P2Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina">P3Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_XP4Y_Corregidor" title="Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor">XP4Y-1</a>/<a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer" title="Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer">P4Y-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina">PBY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PB2Y_Coronado" title="Consolidated PB2Y Coronado">PB2Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_XPB3Y" title="Consolidated XPB3Y">XPB3Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">PB4Y-1</a>/<a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer" title="Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer">-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bombers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">B-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-32_Dominator" title="Consolidated B-32 Dominator">B-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_XB-41_Liberator" title="Consolidated XB-41 Liberator">XB-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">B-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Fleetster" title="Consolidated Fleetster">BY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_XB2Y" title="Consolidated XB2Y">XB2Y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">LB-30A</a>/<a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Liberator_I" title="Consolidated Liberator I">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Liberator_I" title="Consolidated Liberator I">Liberator B.I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Liberator_I" title="Consolidated Liberator I">Liberator GR.I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_TBY_Sea_Wolf" title="Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf">TBY</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Fleetster" title="Consolidated Fleetster">C-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Fleetster" title="Consolidated Fleetster">C-22</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XC-99" title="Convair XC-99">XC-99</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C-109</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">RY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_R2Y" title="Consolidated R2Y">R2Y</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Liberator C.IX</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">F-7</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" 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Trimotor">C-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-10" title="Fokker F-10">C-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-38" title="Sikorsky S-38">C-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-10" title="Fokker F-10">C-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_71" title="Fairchild 71">C-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Trimotor" title="Ford Trimotor">C-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Robin" title="Curtiss Robin">C-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Fleetster" title="Consolidated Fleetster">C-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Vega" title="Lockheed Vega">C-12</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-13</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-14" title="Fokker F-14">C-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-14" title="Fokker F-14">C-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-11" title="Fokker F-11">C-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Vega" title="Lockheed Vega">C-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Monomail" title="Boeing Monomail">C-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_C-19_Alpha" title="Northrop C-19 Alpha">C-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-32" title="Fokker F-32">C-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Dolphin" title="Douglas Dolphin">C-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Fleetster" title="Consolidated Fleetster">C-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Altair" title="Lockheed Altair">C-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_100_Pilgrim" title="Fairchild 100 Pilgrim">C-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Altair" title="Lockheed Altair">C-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Dolphin" title="Douglas Dolphin">C-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellanca_Aircruiser" title="Bellanca Aircruiser">C-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_S-39" title="Sikorsky S-39">C-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Dolphin" title="Douglas Dolphin">C-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_T-32_Condor_II" title="Curtiss T-32 Condor II">C-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kreider-Reisner_XC-31" title="Kreider-Reisner XC-31">C-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XC-35" title="Lockheed XC-35">C-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_10_Electra" title="Lockheed Model 10 Electra">C-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_10_Electra" title="Lockheed Model 10 Electra">C-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_12_Electra_Junior" title="Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior">C-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-41</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-41A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">C-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_17_Staggerwing" title="Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing">C-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_108_Taifun" title="Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun">C-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">C-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">C-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">C-47</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_R4D-8" title="Douglas R4D-8">C-47F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basler_BT-67" title="Basler BT-67">C-47T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky" title="Douglas AC-47 Spooky">AC-47</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">C-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">C-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">C-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">C-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">C-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-18_Bolo" title="Douglas B-18 Bolo">C-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">C-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">C-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_24" title="Fairchild 24">C-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco_C-62" title="Waco C-62">C-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">C-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noorduyn_Norseman" title="Noorduyn Norseman">C-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stout_Skycar" title="Stout Skycar">C-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">C-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_B-23_Dragon" title="Douglas B-23 Dragon">C-67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-69_Constellation" title="Lockheed C-69 Constellation">C-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_DGA-8" title="Howard DGA-8">C-70</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Howard_DGA-15" title="Howard DGA-15">C-70B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spartan_Executive" title="Spartan Executive">C-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco_C-72" title="Waco C-72">C-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_247" title="Boeing 247">C-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-74_Globemaster" title="Douglas C-74 Globemaster">C-74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_307_Stratoliner" title="Boeing 307 Stratoliner">C-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_C-76_Caravan" title="Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan">C-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_DC-6" title="Cessna DC-6">C-77</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_Airmaster" title="Cessna Airmaster">C-77B–D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_AT-17_Bobcat" title="Cessna AT-17 Bobcat">C-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_52" title="Junkers Ju 52">C-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlow_PJC-2" title="Harlow PJC-2">C-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_Reliant" title="Stinson Reliant">C-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">C-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piper_J-5" title="Piper J-5">C-83</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piper_J-3_Cub" title="Piper J-3 Cub">C-83A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piper_J-4" title="Piper J-4">C-83B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">C-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_9_Orion" title="Lockheed Model 9 Orion">C-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_24" title="Fairchild 24">C-86</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_45" title="Fairchild 45">C-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_H-47" title="Hamilton H-47">C-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luscombe_8" title="Luscombe 8">C-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_Airliner" title="Stinson Airliner">C-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funk_B" title="Funk B">C-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budd_RB_Conestoga" title="Budd RB Conestoga">C-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_Airmaster" title="Cessna Airmaster">C-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorcraft_L-2" title="Taylorcraft L-2">C-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_FC-2" title="Fairchild FC-2">C-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">C-97</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">KC-97</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper" title="Boeing 314 Clipper">C-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XC-99" title="Convair XC-99">C-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Gamma" title="Northrop Gamma">C-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Vega" title="Lockheed Vega">C-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rearwin_Sportster" title="Rearwin Sportster">C-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">C-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">C-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XB-15" title="Boeing XB-15">C-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_C-106_Loadmaster" title="Cessna C-106 Loadmaster">C-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stout_Skycar" title="Stout Skycar">C-107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-108_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress">C-108</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C-109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-5" title="Douglas DC-5">C-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_14_Super_Electra" title="Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra">C-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">C-112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_C-46_Commando" title="Curtiss C-46 Commando">C-113</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">C-114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">C-115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">C-116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">C-117</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_R4D-8" title="Douglas R4D-8">C-117D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">C-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">C-119</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_AC-119" title="Fairchild AC-119">AC-119</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_XC-120_Packplane" title="Fairchild XC-120 Packplane">C-120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-121_Constellation" title="Lockheed C-121 Constellation">C-121</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1249_Super_Constellation" title="Lockheed L-1249 Super Constellation">C-121F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-121_Warning_Star" title="Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star">EC-121</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_YC-122_Avitruc" title="Chase YC-122 Avitruc">C-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-123_Provider" title="Fairchild C-123 Provider">C-123</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chase_XC-123A" title="Chase XC-123A">C-123A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">C-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YC-125_Raider" title="Northrop YC-125 Raider">C-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_195" title="Cessna 195">C-126</a></li> <li>C-127<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver">C-127 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">C-127 (II)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_XC-120_Packplane" title="Fairchild XC-120 Packplane">C-128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_R4D-8" title="Douglas R4D-8">C-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C-130</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">C-130J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_DC-130" title="Lockheed DC-130">DC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-130" title="Lockheed EC-130">EC-130</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lockheed_EC-130H_Compass_Call" title="Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">HC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_KC-130" title="Lockheed Martin KC-130">KC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_LC-130" title="Lockheed LC-130">LC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_WC-130" title="Lockheed WC-130">WC-130</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_C-131_Samaritan" title="Convair C-131 Samaritan">C-131</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convair_NC-131H_Samaritan" title="Convair NC-131H Samaritan">NC-131H</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-132" title="Douglas C-132">C-132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-133_Cargomaster" title="Douglas C-133 Cargomaster">C-133</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stroukoff_YC-134" title="Stroukoff YC-134">C-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">C-135</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-123_Provider" title="Fairchild C-123 Provider">C-136</a></li> <li>C-137<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">YC-137 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otter" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter">YC-137 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-137_Stratoliner" title="Boeing C-137 Stratoliner">C-137</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-138</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-139</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_JetStar" title="Lockheed JetStar">C-140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter" title="Lockheed C-141 Starlifter">C-141</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LTV_XC-142" title="LTV XC-142">C-142</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tri-service sequence<br />(1962–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">C-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound" title="Grumman C-2 Greyhound">C-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_4-0-4" title="Martin 4-0-4">C-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">C-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy" title="Lockheed C-5 Galaxy">C-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_King_Air" title="Beechcraft King Air">C-6</a></li> <li>C-7<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">C-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_Dash_7" title="De Havilland Canada Dash 7">RC-7</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-5_Buffalo" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo">C-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_C-9" title="McDonnell Douglas C-9">C-9</a></li> <li>C-10<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Jetstream" title="Handley Page Jetstream">C-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">KC-10</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">C-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_C-12_Huron" title="Beechcraft C-12 Huron">C-12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_RC-12_Guardrail" title="Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail">RC-12</a></li></ul></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-13</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YC-14" title="Boeing YC-14">C-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_YC-15" title="McDonnell Douglas YC-15">C-15</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-16</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-137_Stratoliner" title="Boeing C-137 Stratoliner">C-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">C-19</a></li> <li>C-20<sup><small>2</small></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_III" title="Gulfstream III">C-20A–D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_IV" title="Gulfstream IV">C-20F–J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Learjet_35" title="Learjet 35">C-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_727" title="Boeing 727">C-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_C-23_Sherpa" title="Short C-23 Sherpa">C-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8" title="Douglas DC-8">C-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_VC-25" title="Boeing VC-25">C-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-26_Metroliner" title="Fairchild C-26 Metroliner">C-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeritalia_G.222" title="Aeritalia G.222">C-27</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan" title="Alenia C-27J Spartan">C-27J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_404_Titan" title="Cessna 404 Titan">C-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_800" title="Hawker 800">C-29</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-30</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F27_Friendship" title="Fokker F27 Friendship">C-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-32" title="Boeing C-32">C-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-400" title="Boeing 747-400">C-33</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-34</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_Citation_V" title="Cessna Citation V">C-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_YAL-1" title="Boeing YAL-1">C-36</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_V" title="Gulfstream V">C-37</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G550" title="Gulfstream G550">C-37B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulfstream_G100" title="Gulfstream G100">C-38</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-39</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-40_Clipper" title="Boeing C-40 Clipper">C-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CASA_C-212_Aviocar" title="CASA C-212 Aviocar">C-41</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-42</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-43</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">C-44</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EADS/Northrop_Grumman_KC-45" title="EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45">C-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-46_Pegasus" title="Boeing KC-46 Pegasus">C-46</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Revived original sequence<br />(2005–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600_series" title="Bombardier Challenger 600 series">C-143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EADS_HC-144_Ocean_Sentry" title="EADS HC-144 Ocean Sentry">C-144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PZL_M28_Skytruck" title="PZL M28 Skytruck">C-145</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dornier_328" title="Dornier 328">C-146</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_Dash_8" title="De Havilland Canada Dash 8">C-147</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-sequential designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-767" title="Boeing KC-767">C-767</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_880" title="Convair 880">C-880</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Sabreliner" title="North American Sabreliner">CT-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_T-43" title="Boeing T-43">CT-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">CV-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-5_Buffalo" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo">CV-7</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup> Not assigned  •  <sup>2</sup> Assigned to multiple types  •  <sup>3</sup> Unconfirmed</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="USN/USMC_transport_designations_pre–1962316" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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transport designations pre–1962</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">T-series (pre–1931)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Atlantic_Aircraft21" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Aircraft" title="Atlantic Aircraft">Atlantic Aircraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F.VII" title="Fokker F.VII">TA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">R-series (1931–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Aircraft" title="Atlantic Aircraft">Atlantic Aircraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F.VII" title="Fokker F.VII">RA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_F-10" title="Fokker F-10">-4</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Budd_Company" title="Budd Company">Budd</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Budd_RB_Conestoga" title="Budd RB Conestoga">RB</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Aeroplane_and_Motor_Company" title="Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company">Curtiss</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">R4D</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_R4D-8" title="Douglas R4D-8">R4D-8</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">R5D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">R6D</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/AviaBellanca_Aircraft" title="AviaBellanca Aircraft">Bellanca</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellanca_31-40" title="Bellanca 31-40">RE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="/wiki/Kinner_Airplane_%26_Motor_Corporation" title="Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation">Kinner</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kinner_Envoy" 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