Aircraft Photo of G-AGKT | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	G-AGKT
Aircraft Original Type:	Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Generic Type:	Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Version:	Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II
C/n (msn):	117
Operator Titles:	(BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation)

Location
City / Airport:	PerthMap
Region / Country:	Western Australia, Australia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: YPPH IATA: PER Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	June 1944
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	144827

Photo Comment
G-AGKT was provided by BOAC to Qantas to operate from Australia to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) replacing Catalinas. The long-haul route avoided Japanese airspace and opened a quicker route to the UK than via the Pacific and the US. -AGKT, stripped of paint, continued with Qantas after the war and was the first Qantas aircraft to carry the kangaroo logo. Withdrawn from use in 1947, it was scrapped at Sydney airport without entering the Australian register. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales This photo was added on 6 June 2019, and has since been viewed 966 times.

Photo Comment

G-AGKT was provided by BOAC to Qantas to operate from Australia to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) replacing Catalinas. The long-haul route avoided Japanese airspace and opened a quicker route to the UK than via the Pacific and the US. -AGKT, stripped of paint, continued with Qantas after the war and was the first Qantas aircraft to carry the kangaroo logo. Withdrawn from use in 1947, it was scrapped at Sydney airport without entering the Australian register. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales

This photo was added on 6 June 2019, and has since been viewed 966 times.

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