Consolidated 32 LB-30 Liberator B.Mk.I

Consolidated 32 LB-30 Liberator B.Mk.I

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08/31/2007. Built as B-24A-CO Liberator, USAAC s/n 40-2366. Diverted to the RAF as LB-30 Liberator B.Mk.I and accepted in San Diego, California, USA, May 1941. On delivery to the RAF it was damaged while landing at Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, on July 24, 1941. The aircraft was retained by Consolidated and converted to a freighter, serving throughout the war on charge of the USAAC/F, still carrying the RAF s/n AM927.
After the war it was used as an executive transport with Contintental Can Company for about 10 years. Thereafter it was used by Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) till 1967, when it was bought by the Confederate AF and restored to a bomber configuration. In 1971 it was painted in the colors of the 98th Bomb Group of the 9th AF and named Diamond Lil. It still is one of the many aircraft of the American Airpower Heritage (renamed from Confederate AF) Flying Museum.


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08/31/2007. Built as B-24A-CO Liberator, USAAC s/n 40-2366. Diverted to the RAF as LB-30 Liberator B.Mk.I and accepted in San Diego, California, USA, May 1941. On delivery to the RAF it was damaged while landing at Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, on July 24, 1941. The aircraft was retained by Consolidated and converted to a freighter, serving throughout the war on charge of the USAAC/F, still carrying the RAF s/n AM927. After the war it was used as an executive transport with Contintental Can Company for about 10 years. Thereafter it was used by Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) till 1967, when it was bought by the Confederate AF and restored to a bomber configuration. In 1971 it was painted in the colors of the 98th Bomb Group of the 9th AF and named Diamond Lil. It still is one of the many aircraft of the American Airpower Heritage (renamed from Confederate AF) Flying Museum.