"Joe" in the packed hangar at Fantasy of Flight. This B-24J with s/n 44-44272 was built at Ft. Worth, TX with an Emerson A-15 nose turret. She was ferried to India by No. 6 Ferry Unit, RAF Transport Command, serving as KH601. RAF B-24s were dumped at Chakeri at the end of the war. HE771 was refurbished by HAL and flown by No. 6 Sqn "Dragons" in the MR role till retired in Dec 1968. The IAF was the last and longest user of the B-24 from 1948-68, the type also equipping No. 5 and 16 Sqn. Named after Lt Joseph P. Kennedy Jr, the aircraft featured in the movie Young Joe, The Forgotten Kennedy.

Close-up of the nose art on "Delectable Doris". Built as 44-44272, served with the RAF as KH401, then the Indian AF as HE771. Sold in USA as N94459, painted as "42-50551". Delivered to Duxford from Poona AB October 28th 1973 for maintenance/re-painting. Delivered to USA from Duxford August 27th 1975. Displayed at the Fantasy of Flight in Florida in 2025. The nose art may have proved too raunchy for some as the aeroplane was later renamed "Joe"

Built as 44-44272, served with the RAF as KH401, then the Indian AF as HE771. Sold in USA as N94459, painted as "42-50551". Delivered to Duxford from Poona AB October 28th 1973 for maintenance/re-painting. Delivered to USA from Duxford August 27th 1975. Displayed at the Fantasy of Flight in Florida in 2025.

Built as 44-44272, served with the RAF as KH401, then the Indian AF as HE771. Sold in USA as N94459, painted as "42-50551". It is seen being prepared for some painting during its stay at Duxford en-route from India to the USA which took a couple of years. Displayed at the Fantasy of Flight in Florida.

B-24J actual serial number 44-44272, rolls down runway 32 at March AFB.

1944: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-44272. Transferred to RAF as Liberator B.VI s/n KH401. Operated by 357 Squadron in CBI theater. 4/45: 232 Squadron as transport. 1946: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n HE771; operated by Number 6 Training Squadron. 31 Dec '68: SOC. 1973: David Tallichet with c/r N94459. Ferried from India to England. 8/75: Flown to the USA. 1981-1985: Loaned to March AFB, CA museum. 1986: Restored to flying. 1987-1988: Loaned to Liberal Air Museum in Liberal, KS. 10/94: Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight.

1944: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-44272. Transferred to RAF as Liberator B.VI s/n KH401. Operated by 357 Squadron in CBI theater. 4/45: 232 Squadron as transport. 1946: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n HE771; operated by Number 6 Training Squadron. 31 Dec '68: SOC. 1973: David Tallichet with c/r N94459. Ferried from India to England. 8/75: Flown to the USA. 1981-1985: Loaned to March AFB, CA museum. 1986: Restored to flying. 1987-1988: Loaned to Liberal Air Museum in Liberal, KS. 10/94: Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight.

1944: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-44272. Transferred to RAF as Liberator B.VI s/n KH401. Operated by 357 Squadron in CBI theater. 4/45: 232 Squadron as transport. 1946: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n HE771; operated by Number 6 Training Squadron. 31 Dec '68: SOC. 1973: David Tallichet with c/r N94459. Ferried from India to England. 8/75: Flown to the USA. 1981-1985: Loaned to March AFB, CA museum. 1986: Restored to flying. 1987-1988: Loaned to Liberal Air Museum in Liberal, KS. 10/94: Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight.

Built as 44-44272

Built as 44-44272, it has served with the RAF as KH401, the Indian AF as HE771 and now is painted as 42-50551. It is seen during its stay here en-route from India to the States which took a couple of years. It is now at the Fantasy of Flight in Florida.

Built for USAAF as 44-44272 but delivered to the RAF as KH401. To India in 1946 as HE771, serving until disposed in 1973, becoming N94459. The "250551" marks worn are fictitious. It is maintained airworthy by the Kermit Weeks organisation.

Actual identity is 44-44272