A Liberator B.VI of No. 215 Squadron taking off from an airfield, possibly Digri, in India. Unit marking comprised two horizontal white bars on black rudder

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

A Liberator B.VI of No. 355 Squadron returning to its base after a raid in early 1945. Note extended ventral turret and No. 355's identification symbols - black and white vertical stripes on the rudder

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

No. 356 Squadron Liberator B.VIs leaving Ramree Island after bombing Japanese military targets. Ramree was captured shortly after this raid by a seaborne assault by XV Corps. Nearest aircraft is KH272 "D (Daedalus)”. Note No. 356‘s while cross on black rudder marking

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

KN752 "F" of No. 356 Squadron takes off from the Cocos Islands. August 1945

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

No. 355 Squadron B.VI, believed to be EW267, over typical Burmese countryside

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

Close-up of Liberator B.Vl KH284, with code "D" in grey on nose, when newly delivered to No. 99 Squadron at Dhubalia in December 1944

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

Early morning preparations on No. 99 Squadron’s Liberator B.VIs at Dhubalia, January 1945 Centre aircraft is KH315 "H"

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

Liberator B.VIII KP136 "P" of No. 159 Squadron in December 1945 on survey duties for the Government of Bengal. Note that 0.5-in. guns have been removed

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

"Donald III" badge on nose of KH284 in mid-1945, by which time it had flown 26 missions, denoted by bomb symbols under cockpit

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

Rear view of KH284 in mid-1945 with code "D" in red. "SNAKE" inscription above code (denoted tropicalised for R.A.F.), and No. 99 Squadron's while disc on black fin marking

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

KH284 in a blast shelter at Dhubalia, mid-1945. This aircraft later became "K" of No. 356 Squadron and ended its days in the "graveyard" at Chakeri

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Consolidated B-24H / B-24J Liberator - СШАUSA - 1943

Republic Thunderbolt II HD244 ”ZT:Z" of No. 258 Squadron about to return to base after escorting Liberators on a raid on ammunition and petrol dumps in the Rangoon area. The Thunderbolt (drop tanks gone) was photographed by the author from the Lib's waist gun position

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Republic P-47D-25 / P-47N Thunderbolt - СШАUSA - 1943