"Diamond Lil" with flags flying at the 1992 Biggin Hill Air Fair

'Strawberry Bitch' on display in the WWII Gallery at the National Museum of the USAF.

Built for USAAF as 40-2366 but transferred to the RAF as AM927 and used as a transport in WW2. Later N1503 and XC-CAY. Airworthy with the Confederate Air Force since 1968.

Actual identity is 44-44272

Correct aircraft ID is 44-44052. Aircraft is painted to represent "Witchcraft" which completed 130 combat missions in the ETO between April 10, 1944 and April 21, 1945. This was the most missions flown by a B-24 in WWII. Aircraft was in Salina, Kansas on tour with B-17G "Nine-o-Nine" and a P-51 "Betty Jane."

This was one of 296 B-24s completed at Willow Run during Dec. 1944 and given the USAAF serial 44-50206. Allocated to the RAF, as KN751, under the Lend-Lease agreement she was ferried to India and saw action in SE Asia until the Japanese surrender. She then went on to serve with the Indian Air Force, as HE807, in a maritime patrol role for almost twenty years. In 1974 she was flown to the UK after being donated by the Indian Govt. to the RAF Museum. The SNAKE suffix to the serial indicated that the aircraft was on delivery to the RAF in South East Asia.

Ol 927' is pictured in the beautiful South Texas sky whilst taking part in the Wings over Houston air show 2011.

Ex RAF KH304 and India HE877, the latter worn on its starboard side. Ferry registration N7866 used from India visible on rear fuselage. Image taken before the museum opened to the public.

Moved from the RAF Museum, Cosford Collection where I had first seen this beauty, to the Bomber Command Hall at Hendon. The SNAKE suffix to the serial indicated that the aircraft was on delivery to the RAF in South East Asia and was not to be kept in the Middle East. The nose carries a plaque to commemorate the fact that the aircraft was presented by the Indian Air Force.

The SNAKE suffix to the serial indicated that the aircraft was on delivery to the RAF in South East Asia and was not to be kept in the Middle East. The aircraft carries markings on the nose, presented by the Indian Air Force to the RAF Museum. I was lucky in that other aircraft had been moved around on the day of my visit allowing an unobscured view. It has since been moved to Hendon.

RAF serial number AL594 in use by the AAF Air Transport Command.

No fewer than six ex-IAF Liberators are preserved worldwide. This was delivered to the RAF as KH304 in 9.44 and abandoned in India but rebuilt there around 1948. Remaining in service with 6 Sqdn on maritime surveillance till the late 1960s, she underwent an epic ferry flight to the USA as N7866 in early 1969, hazards including an intercept from Pakistani F-86s. Nowadays displayed inside, the starboard in Indian colours and the other side as 44-44175

Fake ID. Correct aircraft ID is 44-44052. Aircraft is painted to represent "Witchcraft" which completed 130 combat missions in the ETO between April 10, 1944 and April 21, 1945. This was the most missions flown by a B-24 in WWII. Currently active on airshow circuit and undergoing off-season maintenance.

Ford-built B-24M Liberator displayed at the Lackland AFB traditions museum. Now at Duxford UK.

A full size B-24 fiberglass replica at the USAF History and Traditions Museum replaced the real B-24 that was traded for a fully restored Spitfire Mk.V with the American Air Museum at Duxford in 1999.

It's hard to believe the big B-24 was the most numerous American warplane of all times, with over 18,000 produced. There are few survivors today.