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    Airframe Family: Consolidated B-24/C-87/C-109 Liberator / PB4Y/P-4 Privateer
    Latest Model:PB4Y-2 Privateer
    Last Military Serial:59484 USN
    Compressed ID:Consolidated PB4Y-2 sn 59484 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:NAS Corpus Christi, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PB4Y-2.

    12 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 59484.

    27 November 1944

    To VPB-121.
    Markings added: Lotta Tayle

    Circa 1945


    Photographer: Richard M. McFarlane via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photo likely taken at Tinian Island.

    1945

    Transferred to Carrier Aircraft Service Unit (CASU) 35.

    January 1946

    Transferred to VPB-121.

    December 1946

    Transferred to Fleet Air Wing (FAW) 2.

    January 1947

    Transferred to Air Wing 2.

    June 1947

    Transferred to FAW-14.

    After 1947

    Assigned to NAS Corpus Christi, TX for storage.
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