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Description
| Manufacturer: | Consolidated |
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| Base model: | PB4Y | ||
| Designation: | PB4Y | ||
| Version: | -2 | ||
| Nickname: | Privateer | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1935-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Patrol Bomber | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 74' 7" | 22.7 m | |
| Height: | 30' 1" | 9.1 m | |
| Wingspan: | 110' | 33.5 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,048.0 sq ft | 97.3 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 37,485 lb | 17,000 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 65,000 lb | 29,478 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-94 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1350 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,800 miles | 4,508 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 140 mph | 225 km/h | 121 kt |
| Max Speed: | 237 mph | 381 km/h | 205 kt |
| Ceiling: | 20,700 ft | 6,309 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Lone Star Flight Museum | Galveston | Texas |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| Yankee Air Museum | Belleville | Michigan |
PB4Y-2 on display
Lone Star Flight Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Scott Daly Chicago, IL | My father, Jim Daly was a pilot with crew 11 with VP-772 in Korea and was stationed at Tinion. He had great pictures taken there and still talks about how much he enjoyed flying the PB4Y. 11/30/2011 @ 10:48 [ref: 50775] |
| Ron Sathre Union City, CA | 16 Oct '11, The PB4Y-2 Privateer was an excellent plane which got almost no recognition during or after WWII. Yet, it outlasted the B-24 Liberator (most produced a/c in US history) in military and civilian air service.
My father, CPO Ray E. Sathre, flew in WWII as a Plane Captain in VPB-121 on PB4Y-2 Privateer, "Mr. Kip." While he passed away in 1989, the memories of the PB4Ys continue. I own "Charlie 50" which is a PB4Y-2, Privateer, 59763, that crashed in 1974 during a firebombing mission in AZ. This Privateer was accepted by the US Navy in February 1945 and went to combat with VPB-111 in the Pacific Theater. It is the last known example of a Privateer which actually flew combat missions in WWII. If you want to talk "PB4Y", give me a ring. 10/16/2011 @ 22:25 [ref: 49596] |
| Hal E Emitt Sr Powell, TN | I WAS ASSIGNED TO VPB-107-A SQUADRON RETURING FROM EUROPE AND REASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC. I MET THEM @ WHEDBY ISLAND WASHINGTON AND WE MOVED TO ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STA. CALIF. WE LATER MOVED TO CROWS LANDING - ABOUT 90 MI. SOUTH OF FRISCO - NEAR MEDESCO CALIF. WE CONTINUED TO TRAIN UNTIL THE JAP. WAR ENDED IN 46. I WAS THE BOMBDIER - IN THE FRONT TERRET - WHISH ALSO CONTAINED THE TWIN 20 MM. THESE WERE VERY IMPROVED FROM EARLIER VERISIONS. THEY HAD AUTOMATIC GUN SIGHTS AND MORE IMPORTANT - A RADAR BOMBSITE - YOU COULD LITERLY DROP A BOMB IN A BUSHEL BASKET!! I JOINED THE NAVAL AIR CORP WHILE A SENIOR IN HISCHOOL IN 1943. 06/05/2011 @ 20:54 [ref: 39190] |
| Steve PHX, AZ | C. Clements: My father also was in VPB 106/have his sqdrn book "Guadalcanal Publishing" w/photos of plane crews. Also have his Short Snorter. 02/26/2011 @ 15:19 [ref: 36404] |
| Mark , NC | My Father was a tail gunner on a PB4Y-2 at the end of the war. I think he was based on Tinian. Ken Elander from Ma.
This is an interesting site that I ran across. 09/02/2010 @ 07:40 [ref: 29765] |
| RJ Peterson , MA | Some people have included advertising in your column. 08/21/2010 @ 04:03 [ref: 29308] |
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| John Michael Montgomery, TX | I was a plane captain on P4Y's in a reserve squadron VP691 at Port Columbus, Ohio in 1954-1956. The picture below with a "C" on the tail and the red band was one of our planes. I am sure I have flown in that one. I was later on active duty and had to switch to jets. 08/01/2010 @ 18:58 [ref: 28445] |
| JOHN P. SANTINO , CT | MY GRANDSON AND I ARE LOOKING FOR A PICTURE OR INFO CONCERNING MY WIFE'S UNCLE ENRICO HARRY ARDOLINO, WHO FLEW AS A TAIL-GUNNER ON A PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER IN THE PACIFIC, MAYBE THEY PLANE FLEW OUT OF THE MARIANAS.
HE DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY FROM U.S NAVAL AUXILLARY AIR STATION, CAMP KEARNEY, CALIFORNIA. HE IS OVER 90 AND HIS INFO IS WEAK. WE BOTH THANK YOU FOR ANYBODIES HELP. 07/01/2010 @ 06:22 [ref: 26850] |
| Mike Red Bluff, CA | In 1945 VPB-108 installed two additional 20mm cannons under the nose turret. It was so successful the entire squadron (VPB-108 on Tinian) converted all their planes. 05/12/2010 @ 14:09 [ref: 26159] |
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