B-24D Liberator "PLOESTI RAID"
BEPERKT OPLAGE
First model produced on a large scale; ordered from 1940 to 1942, as a B-24C with better engines (R-1830-43 supercharged engines). The D model was initially equipped with a remotely operated and periscopically sighted Bendix belly turret, as the first examples of the B-17E Flying Fortress and some early models of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber had used, but this proved unsatisfactory in service and was discontinued after the 287th aircraft. Production aircraft reverted to the earlier manually operated "tunnel" mounting with a single .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine. The tunnel gun was eventually replaced by the Sperry ball turret, which had also been adopted by the later B-17E Fortresses, but made retractable for the Liberator as the ventral area of its fuselage was very close to the ground on landing. In late B-24Ds, "cheek" guns mounted on either side of the forward nose, just behind the framed "greenhouse" nose glazing were added. (Total: 2,696: 2,381 Consolidated, San Diego; 305 Consolidated, Fort Worth; 10 Douglas, Tulsa, Oklahoma).
Vier uitvoeringen mogelijk;
- 98th Bomb group, 343rd Bomb Squadron, Y : Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1943.
- 98th Bomb Group, 343rd Bomb Squadron, V : grumpy, 1943.
- 98th Bomb Group, 343rd Bomb Squadron, I : Sneezy, 1943.
- 98th Bomb Group, 343rd Bomb squadron, P : The Witch, 1943.
Aantal onderdelen; 207 stuks.
Afmetingen;
- Lang; 289mm.
- Breed; 46 6mm.
Schaal 1:72
Hasegawa 00961
