ITEM DESCRIPTION

Consolidated Liberator B.VI, No. 215 Squadron, RAF South East Asia Command, Digri, Bengal, India, 1944

The Liberator B.Mk.VI was the RAF designation for the B-24J, of which 390 were supplied to the RAF. Total number of Liberators supplied to the RAF of all variants was 1,694. By April 1942, No.215 Squadron had assembled at Asanol in India, as part of the RAF’s South East Asia Command equipped with Wellingtons and commenced bombing operations over Japanese-occupied targets in Burma. It re-equipped with Liberator Mk.VIs in June 1944, operating from several bases, including Chakala, Jessore and Digri and was joined by Nos. 99 and 356 Squadrons, also equipped with Liberators, until April 1945 when they were replaced by Dakotas in the supply-dropping role for the 14th Army to clear Burma of Japanese, resulting in the capture of Rangoon.

REF: AA34009
Scale: 1:72
Wingspan: 460mm