| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 44-51228 |
| Alternate Serial: | 451228 |
| Military Code: | 39 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated B-24 Liberator |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated B-24M Liberator |
| Licence-built by: | Ford |
| C/n (msn): | 6083 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | San Antonio / Lackland AFB [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Collection: | USAF History and Traditions Museum |
| Photo Date: | 29 October 1979 |
| Photo by: | Roger Syratt |
| Photo ID: | 757546 |
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The last active USAF B-24, it was modified as EZB-24M-21-FO ice research aircraft and used by the Aeronautical Icing Research Laboratory, but crashed on takeoff at Berlin, NH., on 6th March 1951. It was rebuilt for display at Lackland in 1956 and remained on display there until donated to the IWM at Duxford, UK, in 1999 for the then new America Air Museum. It is now displayed there painted to represent 44-40593 "Dugan", a Liberator based at Wendling, Norfolk, with the 392nd Bomb Group in WWII. This photo is copyright © Roger Syratt, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 10 December 2024, and has since been viewed 164 times. |