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Description
| Manufacturer: | Consolidated |
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| Base model: | PB4Y | ||
| Designation: | PB4Y | ||
| Version: | -1 | ||
| Nickname: | Liberator | ||
| Equivalent to: | B-24D B24DB-24D | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1935-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Patrol Bomber | ||
| Crew: | 10 | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 67' 3" | 20.5 m | |
| Height: | 17' 11" | 5.4 m | |
| Wingspan: | 110' | 33.5 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,048.0 sq ft | 97.3 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 36,950 lb | 16,757 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 60,000 lb | 27,210 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1200 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,960 miles | 4,766 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 148 mph | 238 km/h | 128 kt |
| Max Speed: | 279 mph | 449 km/h | 242 kt |
| Ceiling: | 31,800 ft | 9,692 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| John Carey Stalybridge, AZ | Today I found what is left of the remains of PB4Y-1 BU63934
from what I can find delivered as 42-40846.Only the under-carridge, a type reduction gear and a few small fragments are above ground. The reason I am leaving this comment is to find if anyone would be able to tell me where this aircraft was built and any history on its short life. added Arizona as state to be able to send county Cheshire Regards, John Carey 02/28/2008 @ 13:36 [ref: 19803] |
| BobbyJean Simkins , MO | Add BuNo 31958 to your list of known serial numbers. It was the aircraft lost at sea 7 February 1943, off the New Hebrides islands. The plane sank in 95 fathoms of water. No trace of the crew was ever found.
The crash occurred during a major Allied offensive: the struggle for Guadalcanal. The heavy bomber was outfitted for photo reconnaissance and was on a mission to photograph activity at the island of Truk. Here is a list of the crew lost that day. CAPTAIN BENJAMIN C.Y. FULLER, USMCR 1st Lieutenant HARRY M. ROBERTS, USMCR Staff Sergeant ERNEST LEE BAILEY,USMCR Corporal RICHARD PAUL CHENARD, USMC Private JAMES KENNETH DAVIS, USMC Corporal HENRY BATTLING NIELSEN, USMC Corporal ALVIN ANTHONY NOWAK, USMC Private First Class LESTER CYRIL SIMKINS, USMC Private First Class ROBERT STEPHEN EDWARDS, USMCR Sergeant HERBERT EDWARD KNECHT, USMC Private JOHNNY FRED TARZI, USMC AND 1st Lieutenant HAROLD WELCH ERVIN, ARMY AIR FORCE My uncle was aboard the plane that day. You can find an account of their last days, by squadron member Emil Naschinski, here: http://www.geocities.com/ax2usn/LesterSimkins.html 01/08/2007 @ 14:54 [ref: 15138] |
| John Voss , CA | Although the USN never thought to preserve a PB4Y-1 Liberator one has survived and is on display...sort of. PB4Y-1Z BuNo 90155 was purchased surplus after WWII by a Bolivian firm. The aircraft ws found derelict in South America, shipped back to the USA is now on display at Castle Air Museum (CA). It was fitted with an Emerson nose turret and painted in a WWII USAAF paint scheme. Current photos of the aircraft can be found in other sections of this data base for the B-24M. 03/24/2006 @ 21:25 [ref: 12910] |
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