KN751 - Royal Air Force (B-24L Liberator (VI))

Photo of aircraft KN751 operated by Royal Air Force

Aircraft Details

Frame Details
Serial06707L
Line Number
First Flight06.12.1944
ModelB-24L Liberator (VI)
StatusLeft Fleet
CommentsCollected by a crew from No.45 Ferry Group, RAF, and flown across the South Atlantic via the usual route from Dorval via Gander, Newfoundland - Lagens, Azores - Rabat Sale, French Morocco - Castel Benito, Libya - Lydda, Palestine - Shaibah, Iraq - Drigh Road, Karachi, to Air Command South-East Asia (ACSEA) at Bamrauli (Allahabad), India, usually involving some 53 flying hours. Officially received at ACSEA - Allahabad 23.6.1945 and allocated to No.231 Group/99 Sqn at Dhubalia, Bengal; soc 11.4.1946 at No.322 MU, Chakeri, Kanpur where nearly 100 RAF Liberators were dumped following the termination of Lend Lease agreements; Following Indian independence on 15.8.1947 the MU closed in 11.1947 and the site and aircraft dump passed to the Indian Air Force.
  Reg Airline Delivered Status
Not Seen It! 44-50206 United States Army Air Force 06.12.1944 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! KN751 Royal Air Force 04.6.1945 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! HE807 Indian Air Force 02.3.1949 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! KN751 Royal Air Force 01.7.1974 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! KN751 (HE807) Colerne Air Museum 11.7.1974 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! KN751 Cosford Aerospace Museum 20.1.1976 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! KN751 Royal Air Force Museum Hendon 06.9.2005 Preserved

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SIGHTINGS

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02/04/2000 - EGWC - PaulGold
22/04/1996 - EGWC - PaulGold
12/04/1993 - EGWC - saxonms
10/06/1990 - EGWC - roly70
04/05/1986 - EGWC - colin woods