OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
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OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
I just had a suprise today getting back from work a saw a four engined plane comming over my house. At first i thought it was a lancaster but it didn't look right and i spotted American markings on it, im sure it's not a B17 as i would have recognised that. So the only thing i can think of is that it was a B24 but im a bit suprised there is one flying in th UK. Does anyone know if it could be a b24 or something else?
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
I know a B-17 crossed the Atlantic a few years ago and did some airshows in Europe. As far as I know, there are only two B-24s flying in the world. The Collins Foundation has a B-24J that travels around the country with a B-17 offering rides, etc. The other belongs to the Commemorative Air Force and is really a C-87 that was converted back into a B-24A a few years ago.
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
I've found this site helpful in the past. It may/may not be totally up to date but would be close.
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
Wikipedia lists 3 airworthy B-24s, all in US. In UK, there are 2 on display, one at Duxford, one at the RAF Museum in Hendon. 2 are under restoration, one in Australia, one in US.
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Confederate Air Force B-29 and B-24 seem to be in Texas this August. Someone just has to account for the other 2 B-24's
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
Only one other. I looked at the Wikipedia article, it says there are only two flying, not three.
The Collins Foundation B-24 is in Ohio: http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm
This sounds like a mystery. Maybe it was an 8th AF B-24 lost in time. [:D]
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The Collins Foundation B-24 is in Ohio: http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm
This sounds like a mystery. Maybe it was an 8th AF B-24 lost in time. [:D]
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
It's been a few years now, but I've actually had a chance to check out both of these planes. The B-29 is in excellent shape but the B-24 has seen better days. Even though it was converted back to a B-24A, the belly turret is missing and only a cover of sheet metal covers the turret well. Unless it's been repainted since 2003, it's also got a fairly poor desert tan paint job as well. It was still interesting, especially to compare the basic sizes of two of the three primary heavy bombers of the USAAF, but it didn't wow you like the CAF's B-17G did a few years before that. That beast was a thing of beauty!
RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
The B-24A didn't have a ball turret, it had a tunnel gun.
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
The Confederate Air Force B-24 is a conversion from the cargo version (C-87). And the Collings Foundation B-24 is only in the US this summer and fall. Doubt they would fly them across the ocean. (Flying the B-17 across was stupid).
Someone should by the B-24J from India, bring it back and restore it to flying condition.
Are you sure you did not see some other 4-engined bomber? How close were you? What was the tail configuration? Or is there a rogue C-87 still in existence?
Someone should by the B-24J from India, bring it back and restore it to flying condition.
Are you sure you did not see some other 4-engined bomber? How close were you? What was the tail configuration? Or is there a rogue C-87 still in existence?
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
There are several PB4Y-2s in near airworthy condition and several have been under restoration in recent years. They were used for fire bombers up until about 20 years ago. All the restoration projects are in the US, but one of them may have become airworthy and was sold to someone in the UK recently.
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I wouldn't dump water. I would dump fluorescent yellow dye on them so they're permanently tagged for the next 30-60 days. That way anyone can identify them and the cops can pick them up.
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
I like how you think. [:)]ORIGINAL: Pascal
I wouldn't dump water. I would dump fluorescent yellow dye on them so they're permanently tagged for the next 30-60 days. That way anyone can identify them and the cops can pick them up.
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
ORIGINAL: Pascal
The Confederate Air Force B-24 is a conversion from the cargo version (C-87). And the Collings Foundation B-24 is only in the US this summer and fall. Doubt they would fly them across the ocean. (Flying the B-17 across was stupid).
Someone should by the B-24J from India, bring it back and restore it to flying condition.
Are you sure you did not see some other 4-engined bomber? How close were you? What was the tail configuration? Or is there a rogue C-87 still in existence?
There is also a B-24 being restored in Canada. And there is also an Avro Shakleton flying in the UK, which at a quick glance could be mistaken for either a Lancaster ot a B-24.
RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
Try contacting http://bomberflight.info for details of flying WW2 bombers.
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Here's the Shackleton .....But the US markings would be strange.....http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.u ... shack.html
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Could have been a restored 4-engine transport plane too.... goatan has been silent since his first post. Need more details from him about what he saw.
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
Thanks all for the replies thought i would have got e-mailed when there were replies to the thread so didn't think there was any. It definetly wasn't a lanc or shackelton as it got close enough for me to be sure it had a single tail not the twin one like a lanc. I luckily used to get to see one that would fly over my house quite a bit.
The markings it had was a star and bar and painted olive green 4 piston engines which is why i asumed it was an american heavy bomber. I tried to get a picture but was far to slow unlocking my work phone.
someone mentioned a four engined transport and its possible although i didn’t know any existed. If it wasn’t for the rioting chavs i wouldn't have seen as i got sent home from work early.
The markings it had was a star and bar and painted olive green 4 piston engines which is why i asumed it was an american heavy bomber. I tried to get a picture but was far to slow unlocking my work phone.
someone mentioned a four engined transport and its possible although i didn’t know any existed. If it wasn’t for the rioting chavs i wouldn't have seen as i got sent home from work early.
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RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
With a single tail, not a B-24. C-54 perhaps?
RE: OT-Are there any B24's flying in the UK
This is a B-24
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