#pb4y privateer

[lonestarflight]

"A radio controlled and unmanned Convair P4Y-2K Privateer taking off from the Chincoteague Naval Air Station at Wallops Island, Virginia. The airplane was sent over the Atlantic Ocean where it was used as a target for the RIM-2 Terrier missiles of USS MISSISSIPPI (AG-128)."

Date: March 23, 1955

Norfolk Public Library: smc_mss0000187_x000085_011

[redarmyscreaming]

Consolidated PB4Y Privateer, French Navy, Indochina.

[lex-for-lexington]

“Japanese cargo ship grounded on Minto Reef, in the Pacific, as seen from a U.S. Navy PB4Y patrol bomber, circa early 1944. The ship's lower hull, aft of amidships, has been almost entirely pounded away by wave action. Photo released by CinCPac, April 1944.”

(NHHC: 80-G-221638)

[redarmyscreaming]

PB4Y Privateer

[lex-for-lexington]

“Lieutenant (junior grade) George T. Fischer and his crew in front of their PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft.” 1945.

(National Naval Aviation Museum: NNAM.2012.053.001.055)

[lex-for-lexington]

“View of a PB4Y-2 Privateer in flight.” Date and location unknown.

(National Naval Aviation Museum: NNAM.2012.053.001.159)

[lex-for-lexington]

“View of a PB4Y-2 Privateer in flight.” Date and location unknown.

(National Naval Aviation Museum: NNAM.2012.053.001.160)

[lex-for-lexington]

“Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (BuNo 594866). View taken circa 1945, showing tail section of this aircraft; possibly at Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Note Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat in background.”

(NHHC: NH 92499)