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The Consolidated Liberator VIII was the RAF designation for late production B-24Js. The type equipped twenty three squadrons, although ten of those were post-war transport squadrons, leaving thirteen wartime operators of the aircraft. Of those squadrons, eight were UK based, seven operating with coastal command and one as a long range transport squadron. Four squadrons used the Liberator VIII from India, three using it as a bomber over South East Asia, and one as a transport unit. Finally No.614 Squadron based in Italy used the Liberator VIII for a mix of bombing and supply drop missions over northern Italy and the Balkans. The Liberator VIII was the last version of the Liberator to be used as a bomber by the RAF.
Squadron |
Dates |
Location |
Duty |
53 |
Jan 45-June 46 |
Britain |
Anti-submarine patrols |
59 |
Mar 45-June 46 |
Britain |
Anti-submarine patrols |
86 |
Feb 45-April 46 |
Britain |
Anti-submarine patrols |
Sept 45-Feb 46 |
Britain |
Post-war transport |
|
Dec 44-June 45 |
Britain |
Anti-submarine patrols |
|
June 45-May 46 |
India |
Bombing over Burma |
|
Oct 45-Sept 46 |
India |
Post-war transport |
|
Jan 46-Oct 46 |
India |
Post-war transport |
|
April 45-April 46 |
Britain |
Maritime patrols |
|
July 45-Dec 45 |
Palestine |
Post-war |
|
Aug 44-April 45 |
India |
Bombing, special duties and coastal patrols around Burma |
|
July 45-May 46 |
Britain |
Post-war transport |
|
1944-Oct 45 |
Britain |
Coastal Command |
|
June 46-Sept 46 |
Britain |
Post-war transport |
|
Feb 45-Aug 46 |
India |
Transport |
|
Oct 44-Nov 45 |
Britain |
Transport to middle east |
|
Aug 45-May 46 |
India |
Bombing over South East Asia |
|
Aug 45-Sept 45 |
Britain |
Post-war transport |
|
Aug 45-Sept 45 |
Britain |
Post-war transport |
|
July 45-Dec 45 |
India |
Post-war transport |
|
October 1945 |
Britain |
Post-war transport |
|
Mar 45-June 45 |
Britain |
Coastal Command |
|
Aug 44-July 45 |
Italy |
Bombing and supply drops |