Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator - Navalizing the Liberator

Would you like to see this in-game?
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Which model of the PB4Y-1 would you like to see implemented? (Multiple choice; choose up to 5)
  • Early PB4Y-1 (B-24D with greenhouse nose)
  • Late PB4Y-1 (B-24D with ERCO nose turret)
  • B-24J/L/M-based PB4Y-1 (Consolidated A-6 or Emerson A-15 nose turret)
  • I have a specific model in mind (please comment)
  • I want all PB4Y-1 models
  • Don’t care, just gimme any PB4Y-1 model
  • I said “No” in the first poll
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Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator

   Hello everybody. I’d like to suggest the Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator for the US aviation tree in War Thunder. The PB4Y-1 was a navalized version of the B-24 Liberator and served as the direct predecessor to the PB4Y-2 Privateer in the maritime patrol role. It was essentially a standard B-24 adapted for US Navy use, retaining the original configuration and turbosupercharged engines (important for high-altitude bombing in-game). Depending on the production batch, some PB4Y-1s were fitted with the ERCO nose turret, identical to that seen on the Privateer. During World War II, the PB4Y-1 equipped numerous Navy units and conducted anti-submarine and anti-shipping patrols in both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters.

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Liberator Family:

Sources

  • Pilot’s Flight Operating Instructions for Army Models B-24D, RB-24C, and RB-24E Airplanes (20 June 1944)
  • PB4Y-1 Airplane Characteristics & Performance (1 November 1944)
  • B-24 Liberator In Action - Aircraft Number 080 (1987)
  • Warbird Tech Vol. 1 - Consolidated B-24 Liberator (1996)
  • B-24 Liberator In Detail & Scale Vol. 64 (2000)
  • Osprey Production Line to Frontline 4 - Consolidated B-24 Liberator (2003)
  • Crowood Aviation Series - Consolidated B-24 Liberator (2004)
  • Consolidated B-24 Liberator - Wikipedia
  • Consolidated PB4Y-1

Thank you for taking the time to read my suggestion! 😃

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A +1 from me! Would be nice to see this grouped with the PB4Y-2

+1 for all variants

+1, Maritime and Naval aviation is my soft spot; It would be great to have this and more maps with naval targets to hit with it. (maybe with the possibility with depth charges and AI target subs? ;) )