Delivered to the USAAF as 44-44175 then transferred to the RAF as KH304 in 1944. To the Indian Air Force as HE877 in 1946. Registered as N7866 in 1969 for a ferry flight from Poona, India to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for the Pima museum, arriving on 28th March 1969. Currently displayed inside, the starboard side remains in Indian colours and the other side as 44-44175 in the colours of the 446th BG, Bungay, Suffolk, England.

Delivered to the USAAF as 44-44175 then transferred to the RAF as KH304 in 1944. To the Indian Air Force as HE877 in 1946. Registered as N7866 in 1969 for a ferry flight from Poona, India to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for the museum.

First delivered to the USAAF as 44-44175 in September 1944, this B-24 was passed straight on to the RAF as Liberator GR.VI KH304 that November. The British abandoned many Liberators in India at the end of the war, India putting several back into service after independence and using them until the late 1960s. After storage at Chakeri this aircraft was assigned the serial HE877 by the Indian AF in 1948. In March 1969 it was ferried from Poona to Tucson via the UK. Now displayed with Indian markings on the right side, with the left in the 1944 colours of the 446th BG, Bungay, Suffolk, England.

Assigned serial 44-44175 as a B-24J but delivered to the RAF as a Liberator GR.VI KH304. SOC on 11 Apr 1946 and transferred to the Indian Air Force as HE877. On return to the USA allocated registration N7866 and delivered to the museum at Pima for display' The opposite side the aircraft was painted in USAAF colours with its original serial 444175.

Ex RAF KH304 and India HE877, the latter worn on its starboard side. Ferry registration N7866 used from India visible on rear fuselage. Image taken before the museum opened to the public.

No fewer than six ex-IAF Liberators are preserved worldwide. This was delivered to the RAF as KH304 in 9.44 and abandoned in India but rebuilt there around 1948. Remaining in service with 6 Sqdn on maritime surveillance till the late 1960s, she underwent an epic ferry flight to the USA as N7866 in early 1969, hazards including an intercept from Pakistani F-86s. Nowadays displayed inside, the starboard in Indian colours and the other side as 44-44175