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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:59430 USN
    Compressed ID:Consolidated PB4Y-2 sn 59430 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:NAF Litchfield Park, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PB4Y-2.

    4 September 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 59430.

    16 November 1944

    To HDN-1, Fleet Air Wing (FAW) 14, NAS San Diego, CA.

    December 1944

    Transferred to VPB-118.
    Operated with markings: Twitchy Bitch

    Circa 1945


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

    30 September 1945

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    30 November 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 59430.
    Was SOC, however, was reinstated 2 months later.

    By November 1946

    To NAS Corpus Christi, TX.
    For reconditioning.

    30 April 1948

    Assigned to NAF Litchfield Park, AZ for storage.
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