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    Airframe Family: Consolidated B-24/C-87/C-109 Liberator / PB4Y/P-4 Privateer
    Latest Model:EZB-24M-21-FO
    Last Military Serial:44-51228 USAF
    Construction Number:6083
    Compressed ID:Ford EZB-24M-21-FO sn 44-51228 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire / Cambs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a B-24M-20-FO by Ford at Willow Run, MI, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-51228.

    Converted to an EZB-24M-21-FO by Ford at Willow Run, MI, USA.

    To Aeronautical Icing Research Laboratory.

    6 March 1951

    Crashed.
    Crashed on takeoff at Berline, NH.

    14 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: EZB-24M Liberator in the USAF History and Traditions Museum at Lackland AFB in 1978.

    14 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: EZB-24M Liberator in the USAF History and Traditions Museum at Lackland AFB in 1978.

    Markings Applied: painted as 44-40593 with name Dugan

    To Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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    10 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX of Consolidated-Vultee EB-24M Liberator

    27 September 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Imperial War Museum at Duxford UK

    27 September 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Imperial War Museum at Duxford UK

    2 October 2018


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Consolidated B-24M Liberator Dugan 44-51228 on static display at American Air Museum Duxford. This aircraft has been repainted in the scheme of 44-50493.Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.Sony A7ii + Sony FE 16-35mm F41/60 @ f/8 ISO 400 @ 16 mm (effective FL)
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