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1944 |
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Constructed as a B-24J-95-CF by Consolidated at Forth Worth, TX, USA. |
1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-44272. |
Circa October 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KH401 as a Liberator B.VI. |
From Circa October 1944 to August 1945 |
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Transferred to 357 Squadron.
Used in clandestine operations in the CBI theater. |
August 1945 |
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Transferred to 232 Squadron.
Used for transport duties. |
20 September 1946 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force. |
From 1946 to 1947 |
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Assigned to Chakeri AB, India for storage. |
1946 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Indian Air Force with s/n HE771. |
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Markings Applied: P |
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Transferred to 6 Squadron, Poona Air Base, India.
Operated with markings: TM-P |
From December 1968 to 1973 |
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Assigned to Poona AB for storage. |
31 December 1968 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Indian Air Force. |
From 1973 to 1980 |
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To Yesterdays Air Force/David C. Tallichet, Chino, CA with new c/r N94459. |
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Ferry flight.
Flown from India to the USA. |
28 October 1973 |
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Ferry flight.
Flown from the U.S. to the U.K. Was to be flown into Duxford, but landed at RAF Mildenhall due to mechanical problems. |
8 November 1973 |
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Ferry flight.
From Mildenhall To Duxford. |
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Restored.
Markings Applied: Delectable Doris, RR R, 250551
The work was carried out at Duxford. Lance Kuhn comments (29 March 2022): Painted in the markings of the B-24J-1-FO, 42-50551 Delectable Doris which flew with the 389th Bomb Group at Hethel in 1944. |
1975 |
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Photographer: Peter M. Law
Notes: 1975 photo at Duxford |
8 February 1975 |
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Photographer: Fred Taylor
Notes: N94459 photographed at Duxford, UK on 8 February 1975. |
27 August 1975 |
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Ferry flight.
Left Duxford for the USA via Prestwick. |
1977 |
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Used in the movie Young Joe, The Forgotten Kennedy. |
9 June 1980 |
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To Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation, Chino, CA keeping c/r N94459. |
From 1981 to 1985 |
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Loaned to USAFM March AFB, CA. |
1 March 1986 |
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Photographer: Nigel Roling
Notes: N94459 J3-T (44-44272 KH401, HE771 IAF) B-24J Liberator B.VI 755BS 458 BG mks at March AFB, CA 29-2-86 |
4 September 1986 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N94459 (B-24J, 44-44272) issued. |
From 1987 to 1988 |
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Loaned to Liberal Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, KS.
 View the Location Dossier |
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Markings Applied: Delectable Doris, RR, 250551 |
By September 1989 |
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Photographer: Keith R Clarke |
June 1990 |
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Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At MARC, Chino Airport, Chino, CA. |
1991 |
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Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At March Field Air Museum, CA when museum was still on base. |
By 1993 |
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Photographer: Corel Photo CD-ROM 1993 |
By June 1994 |
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Markings Applied: Joe, RR, 250551 |
8 June 1994 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: In front of the 94th Aero Sqdn Restaurant, Palwaukee AIrport, IL |
8 June 1994 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: In front of the 94th Aero Sqdn Restaurant, Palwaukee AIrport, IL |
7 October 1994 |
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To Weeks Kermit, Polk City, FL keeping c/r N94459. |
11 November 1996 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: B-24J Liberator 44-44272 as 42-50551 seen at the Fantasy of Flight Museum, Polk City in November 1996. |
March 1997 |
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Photographer: Tom Roberts Collection
Notes: Photographed at the Fantasy of Flight in Florida. |
5 November 1999 |
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Photographer: James Eubanks
Notes: Fantasy of Flight, Polk City FL |
5 November 1999 |
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Photographer: James Eubanks
Notes: Fantasy of Flight, Polk City FL |
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Based at Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
View the Location Dossier |
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Markings Applied: Joe, 250551, RR |
1 January 2004 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NX94459 (B-24J, 44-44272) issued. |
29 March 2012 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Distant photo of aircraft in the Maintenance Hangar at Fantasy of Flight Museum, Polk City, Florida. |
4 April 2022 |
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Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: Tail gun of N94459 at Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL |
