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Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express, 41-23852, c/n 647. Here is a pair of C-87s. The plane in the foreground crashed on 29 January 1944 in Sania Marez, India. The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express is a transport derivative of the B-24 Liberator heavy b

PictionID:44536018 - Title:Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express, 41-23852, c/n 647. Here is a pair of C-87s. The plane in the foreground crashed on 29 January 1944 in Sania Marez, India. The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express is a transport derivative of the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber built during World War II for the United States Army Air Forces. A total of 287 C-87s were built alongside the B-24 at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas. Converted former C-87s were the basis for a USAAF flight engineer trainer designated as the AT-22, a United States Navy VIP transport designated as the RY, and a Royal Air Force VIP transport designated as the Liberator C.IX. - Catalog:15_004023 - Filename:15_004023.tif - - - Image from the Charles Daniels Photo Collection album: IWM/Duxford 84----PLEASE TAG this image with any information you know about it, so that we can permanently store this data with the original image file in our Digital Asset Management System.---- --Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum

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