AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED LIBERATOR. - LB-30 Liberator, AL504 "Commando", the personal transport aircraft of the Prime Minister, photographed at Northolt, Middlesex, on returning to the United Kingdom, following extensive modification and a complete overhaul by the Consolidated Aircraft Company at San Diego, California. The main changes to the original airframe involved the fitting of a large single rudder and fin, and the extension of the fuselage by 7 feet. The interior was furnished to accommodate 20 passengers and was fitted with bunks and a stewa
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED LIBERATOR. - LB-30 Liberator, AL504 "Commando", the personal transport aircraft of the Prime Minister, photographed at Northolt, Middlesex, on returning to the United Kingdom, following extensive modification and a complete overhaul by the Consolidated Aircraft Company at San Diego, California. The main changes to the original airframe involved the fitting of a large single rudder and fin, and the extension of the fuselage by 7 feet. The interior was furnished to accommodate 20 passengers and was fitted with bunks and a stewards galley. AL504 flew with the Communications Squadron of No. 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group, Transport Command, until disappearing over the South Atlantic while flying from the Azores to Ottawa, Canada, on 26 May 1945 Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Royal Air Force, Group, 45
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