List of Consolidated B-24 Liberator operators

The List of Consolidated B-24 Liberator operators, both the B-24 Liberator and PB4Y Privateer are listed and include the nation and service branch:

B-24 Liberator Operators

Military operators

 Australia

Royal Australian Air Force

Australia/South West Pacific


Europe

 Canada

 Czechoslovakia

Czech Air Forces in exile

 Germany

Luftwaffe

 India

Consolidated B-24L Liberator

When India gained independence in 1947, between 37 and 42 Liberators were resurrected by HAL and gave service with No.5, No.6 and No.16 Squadrons.[3] until their retirement in 1968. It is from the Indian Air Force that the majority of the remaining B-24s owe their existence.

 Italy

Regia Aeronautica

 Netherlands

No. 321 Squadron RAF was formed from Dutch personnel of the Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service during World War II. After the Japanese Surrender, the squadron passed to the control of the Dutch Naval Aviation Service. It flew the B-24 Liberator between December 1944 and December 1945.

 Poland

Polish Air Forces in exile

 Portugal

Six B-24 Liberator of various variants were interned during World War II after landing in Portugal due to many reasons. All six of these aircraft were operated by the Aeronáutica Militar (Army Military Aviation).

 Romania

One B-24 was captured largely intact after Operation Tidal Wave in 1943. It was tested by the Royal Romanian Air Force during the winter. Another two B-24s were captured after the raid of 5 April 1944. There were plans to form a squadron because of the large number of force-landed or crashed B-24s during the summer of 1944, but only three B-24Ds and one B-24J were made airworthy before King Michael's Coup. The plan was canceled after this event.

 South Africa

 Turkey

Eleven B-24s made an emergency landing in Turkey coming from bombing of Ploesti within Operation Tidal Wave. All of them were interned by Turkey and five of these B-24s were repaired and served in the Turkish Air Force.

 United Kingdom

Allied Aircraft: Consolidated Liberator GR Mk VI, KG869 'ZZ-K', of No. 220 Squadron Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force[4]

 United States

United States Army Air Forces
see: B-24 Liberator Units of the United States Army Air Forces

PB4Y Privateer Operators

Military Operators

 Canada

 Republic of China

 France

 Honduras

 United States

United States Navy
United States Coast Guard

Civil Operators

 United States

 Paraguay

LB-30 Civil Operators

 Australia
 France
 Greece
 Morocco
 United Kingdom
 South Vietnam

See also

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Notes

  1. RAAF Museum, 2007, "466 Squadron". (access: 27 August 2013)
  2. Australian War Memorial, 1997–2008, "466 Squadron RAAF" (access: 27 August 2013).
  3. "Liberator." bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved: 9 December 2010.
  4. Thetford, Owen. Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57. London, Putnam, 1957. p.136.
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