Registration / Serial:NL5151N
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Version:Consolidated RY-1 Liberator Express
C/n (msn):49
Operator Titles:Reynolds-Boston Museum China Expedition
Aircraft Name:The Explorer
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:31 March 1948
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Ballpoint tycoon Milton Reynolds took this Liberator Express to China hoping to prove that Mt. Amne Machin was higher than Mt. Everest. On take-off from Peking the aircraft was slightly damaged when its right main gear failed or was inadvertently retracted, as seen here. The party ran into problems with the authorities and escaped to Japan with the aircraft a few days later. This was allocated to the USAAF as C-87A 43-30570, but instead went to the US Navy as RY-1 BuNo 67798, in 1944. Became NL5151N in Feb 1948. To Frigorifico Ballnian Ltda. as CB-75 in 1951, then to Boliviana de AviaciĆ³n as CP-575 in early 1964. Crashed at La Paz on 8 February 1964. Photo by: Jack Birns / Life
Registration / Serial:NL5151N
Aircraft Version:Consolidated RY-1 Liberator Express
C/n (msn):49
Operator Titles:Reynolds-Boston Museum China Expedition
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:31 March 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NL5151N
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Aircraft Version:Consolidated RY-1 Liberator Express
C/n (msn):49
Operator Titles:Reynolds-Boston Museum China Expedition
Aircraft Name:The Explorer
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:31 March 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:476724Submit Correction
View count: 777
Ballpoint tycoon Milton Reynolds took this Liberator Express to China hoping to prove that Mt. Amne Machin was higher than Mt. Everest. On take-off from Peking the aircraft was slightly damaged when its right main gear failed or was inadvertently retracted, as seen here. The party ran into problems with the authorities and escaped to Japan with the aircraft a few days later. This was allocated to the USAAF as C-87A 43-30570, but instead went to the US Navy as RY-1 BuNo 67798, in 1944. Became NL5151N in Feb 1948. To Frigorifico Ballnian Ltda. as CB-75 in 1951, then to Boliviana de AviaciĆ³n as CP-575 in early 1964. Crashed at La Paz on 8 February 1964. Photo by: Jack Birns / Life
Registration / Serial:NL5151N
Aircraft Version:Consolidated RY-1 Liberator Express
C/n (msn):49
Operator Titles:Reynolds-Boston Museum China Expedition
City / Airport:Beijing - Nanyuan (ZBNY / NAY)Map
Country:China
Photo Date:31 March 1948
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive