AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED LIBERATOR. - LB-30 Liberator, AL504 Commando, in flight over Canada, November 1944. One of the original aircraft ordered by the Anglo-French Purchasing Commission in the United States and taken over by the British after the fall of France, AL504 became the personal transport of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who flew in it to many of his wartime conferences. AL504 was originally a standard Liberator Mark II, which was later modified by lengthening the fuselage and fitting a large single fin and rudder, as seen here.
AMERICAN AIRCRAFT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICE 1939-1945: CONSOLIDATED LIBERATOR. - LB-30 Liberator, AL504 Commando, in flight over Canada, November 1944. One of the original aircraft ordered by the Anglo-French Purchasing Commission in the United States and taken over by the British after the fall of France, AL504 became the personal transport of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who flew in it to many of his wartime conferences. AL504 was originally a standard Liberator Mark II, which was later modified by lengthening the fuselage and fitting a large single fin and rudder, as seen here. It was operated by the Communications Flight of No. 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group, Transport Command. AL504 disappeared 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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