| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 90021 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated PB4Y/P4Y Privateer |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PB4Y/P4Y Privateer |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated RY-3 Privateer |
| C/n (msn): | [ 90021 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Location | |
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| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Unknown State, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1944 to 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 159393 |
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The RY-3 was a transport version of the PB4Y Privateer. Like the earlier C-87 / RY-2 Liberator Express, it had surprisingly serious problems and most of the 34 RY-3s built were disposed of to the Royal Air Force, receiving the Liberator C.IX designation but seeing only brief service from February 1945 until April 1946. This airframe, BuNo 90021 which became the RAF's JT973, was transferred to the RCAF as an ice research aircraft named Rockcliffe Ice Wagon, escaping the wrecker until 1949. Photo from: US Navy This photo was added on 18 August 2019, and has since been viewed 1347 times. |