Pacific Aircraft Models 63/82
Wingspan: 21.3"
Fuselage Length: 12.8"
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PB4Y Liberator USN History:
Derived directly from the B-24 Liberator, the Consolidated PB4Y Privateer was a World War II U.S. Navy patrol bomber. The U.S. Navy had been using unmodified B-24s as the PB4Y-1 Liberator, and this type of patrol plane was considered to be quite successful. However, a fully-navalized design was advantageous, and Consolidated Aircraft developed a purpose-built long-range patrol bomber in 1943, designated PB4Y-2 Privateer, that was visually distinguishable from the B-24 and PB4Y-1 by having a single vertical stabilizer rather than a twin tail.
The Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator was the US Navy’s designation for the B-24. At the start of the war the USAAF had responsibility for flying long range anti-submarine patrols from the American mainland, having spent a great deal of effort in the pre-war years overturning the US Navy’s monopoly on operations over the sea. However, as the war developed the Army Air Force soon became willing to share that duty, and from the middle of 1942 the Navy began to share the responsibility.
The PB4Y-1 designation was used to describe every version of the B-24 that entered Naval service. Twenty four Navy and Marine squadrons were equipped with the PB4Y-1, which remained in service long after the war, despite the appearance of the PB4Y-2 Privateer. The aircraft first went operational with VP-101 based at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii.
Reflecting their navy operators, on the PB4Y-1 the nose turret is normally referred to as the bow turret. Early PB4Y-1s had not arrived with a bow turret. In some cases the navy added an ERCO (Engineering and Research Company) turret to these early aircraft. Later PB4Y-1s came with either Emerson or Consolidated nose turrets.
