| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 59819 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated PB4Y/P4Y Privateer |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PB4Y/P4Y Privateer |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer |
| C/n (msn): | [ 59819 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
| Photo Date: | 26 January 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 697659 |
| Photo Comment |
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By 1945 several squadrons of Privateers were conducting operations from the Philippines to the Aleutian Islands. The PB4Y-2 with its distinctive single tail was much better equipped than the earlier PB4Y-1, which was basically just an adapted B-24, and stayed in Navy service after the war for missions such as weather reconnaissance and signals intelligence, before being retired around 1955. Several were then modified as civilian air tankers used in fighting forest fires until 2002. This one was tanker 'C30', registered N3739G, now restored in the colours of VPB-120, Shemya Island, AK in 1945 This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 15 June 2024, and has since been viewed 243 times. |