Types you’ll see alongside
Airco DH.9 / DH.9A, Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson, Avro Lancaster, Avro Vulcan.
Aircraft hub · 1939 · Second World War
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.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
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.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes 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
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
Airco DH.9 / DH.9A, Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson, Avro Lancaster, Avro Vulcan.
East of England has 1 collection recording the type.
Type notes
| Type | Consolidated B-24 Liberator (L/M) |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 2 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 2 |
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
The Aviation Gazetteer records 2 Consolidated B-24 Liberator airframes in UK collections.
IWM Duxford has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.