AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1939

Aircraft hub · 1939 · Second World War

Consolidated B-24 Liberator — where to see it in the UK

Built faster than it could be flown — the most-produced American military aircraft ever. Closed the Atlantic Gap. The gazetteer currently lists it at 2 UK museums. Complete Liberators are scarce in Britain; much of the surviving story lives in Eighth Air Force control-tower museums and memorabilia hangars such as Hardwick.

1939
First flight
18,482
Built
290 mph
Top speed
2
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Consolidated B-24 Liberator in the UK

The gazetteer records 2 Consolidated B-24 Liberator airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 2 UK collections, in 2 regions: London & Around, East of England.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England Consolidated B-24M Liberator 44-50493
Royal Air Force Museum LondonChecked 2026-10-08 London London & Around Consolidated B-24L Liberator (Liberator B.VIII) KN751

3D model

The B-24L (Liberator B.VI/VIII) in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as KN751, a Consolidated B-24L-20-FO Liberator (44-50206) built by Ford at Willow Run in December 1944 with four Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radials, delivered to the RAF in June 1945 and flown by No. 99 Squadron from Dhubalia and the Cocos Islands, rebuilt for the Indian Air Force as HE807, flown to Britain in 1974 as a gift to the RAF Museum and displayed at RAF Museum London, painted as it is shown there: overall silver with black de-icer boots on the wing, tailplane and fin leading edges, a black anti-glare panel on the nose, SEAC roundels on the fuselage and under the wings, a black ‘F’ and ‘KN751’ on the rear fuselage, SEAC fin flashes and serials on the oval fins, No. 99 Squadron’s ‘Flying Bee’ on the nose, the Emerson nose turret and MPC tail turret with guns, the Fowler flaps lowered as displayed, and black three-blade propellers with yellow tips; no photograph shows the upper wing surfaces, so the roundels there are assumed. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.6 MB) · Plate 92 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Airco DH.9 / DH.9A, Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson, Avro Lancaster, Avro Vulcan.

Where the type is thickest

East of England has 1 collection recording the type.

Type notes

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator in brief

TypeConsolidated B-24 Liberator (L/M)
UK museums holding one2
Airframes recorded in this survey2

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Consolidated B-24 Liberator airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 2 Consolidated B-24 Liberator airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Consolidated B-24 Liberator airframes?

IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.