#Highc alibre book serial numbers
#Highc alibre book code

This is an illustrated guide to nose turreted Liberators and a comprehensive reference for anyone interested in the subject. The first is the recent MMP Books publication вЂњConsolidated MessвЂќ, ISBN 978-83-6, by Alan Griffith. However, I would like to mention two I find most useful.

I have a soft spot for the Liberator and have accumulated a few references over the years. As noted, yellow rudders were not universal, with KH174, now coded вЂњVPвЂќ showing rudders painted aluminum. These were probably olive drab but a side profile of вЂњAKвЂќ shows the rudders to now be yellow.

#Highc alibre book serial numbers

An in flight shot shows вЂњAKвЂќ in natural metal, codes moved to the nose, no serial numbers and dark rudders. The aircraft did not carry upper wing roundels. Of note, is that it also shows a natural metal band aft of the wing in keeping with the removal of the fuselage band.

This aircraft was photographed at Abbotsford in camouflage with yellow wing tips.

#Highc alibre book code

All these changes are well represented on Liberator KG931, code вЂќAKвЂќ. While yellow rudders were to be used in conjunction with the fuselage band, photos show their use to be sporadic and to have also been used on aircraft with yellow wing tips. Also, photos show yellow bands on Abbotsford aircraft as well as yellow outer wings on some but not all natural metal planes. However, EW216, code вЂњPвЂќ was a Boundary Bay Liberator, which had paint removed. Fail, he stated that Boundary Bay Liberators were to remain camouflaged and to have yellow fuselage bands and rudders while AbbotsfordвЂ™s aircraft were to be unpainted and to carry yellow wingtips. Alternately, some aircraft had the entire aileron painted while others sported overall aluminum ailerons. The wing panels might extend straight back to cover part of the aileron. These took the form of 45-inch bands on the rear fuselage, which partially overlapped the aft bomb bay doors, yellow rudders or yellow wing panels from the upper wing roundel to the wing tip. The last change to be discussed was the application of yellow identification panels, with the earliest examples pictured in late 1944.

In addition, partially marked aircraft could be seen such as Liberator code вЂњAKвЂќ flying without serials or upper wing roundels while in formation with another aircraft devoid of any codes. A later picture of this aircraft when coded вЂњVGвЂќ shows it with a painted replacement left inner cowling. Variation between aircraft occurred, with KG880, code вЂњYвЂќ, maintaining painted turret and canopy framing as well as having a triangular olive drab antiglare panel while KH106, code вЂњAPвЂќ showed only painted canopy frames. This loss of camouflage predated the previously discussed change in aircraft codes. A picture from Mashows a mixture of both painted and unpainted B 24вЂ™s. As previously noted, around February 1945, Liberators at Abbotsford began to be stripped of camouflage paint. The change of codes was discussed in Part 2. These will be discussed in the reverse order in which they occurred. These were the application of yellow identification markings beginning in the fall of 1944, removal of camouflage on at least the Abbotsford Liberators beginning in February 1945 and the replacement of aircraft codes from around May 1945. This final installment will deal with three changes to Liberators markings.