Consolidated B-24 Liberator
$21.95 (US) - C-87 Liberator Express
Choose version carefully! - for FSX plus Acceleration, FSX Steam or FSX Gold (Why? Click here), plus Lockheed Martin Prepar3D up to v3. - for Lockheed Martin Prepar3Dv4.5 only. (If switching to v5 in the future, updated textures available here.) - for Lockheed Martin Prepar3Dv5 only. Appropriate VAT, etc, will be added for your country at checkout. Backup CD's may also be ordered when purchasing, at an extra fee. For FSX/P3D version: To install into P3D, the destination address will simply need to be changed when running the installer. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ History: The C-87 was designed in early 1942 to fulfill the need for a heavy cargo and personnel transport with longer range and better high-altitude performance than the C-47 Skytrain, the most widely available United States Army Air Forces transport aircraft at the time. Production began in 1942. Although only 287 C-87 and eight U.S. Navy RY variants were produced, they were still important in the Army Air Forces' airlift operations early in the war when aircraft with high-altitude, long-range heavy hauling abilities were in short supply. The C-87 flew in many theaters of war, including much hazardous duty in flights from Labrador to Greenland and Iceland in the North Atlantic. In the China Burma India Theater (CBI), the C-87 was used to airlift cargo and fuel over the Hump (the Himalayas) from India to China. Early in the campaign, the C-87 was the only readily available American transport that could fly over the Himalayas while heavily loaded, rather than relying on circuitous and highly dangerous routes through valleys and mountain passes, but the type was not very popular with crews: they complained of various hazards including the fuel system, engines and cockpit accessories, while the type was notorious for leaking fuel tanks and mid-air fires a constant danger. The C-87 also shared the Liberator's dangerous sensitivity to icing, particularly prevalent over Himalayan routes. With these difficulties in mind it is little wonder the ATC India China Division was the only unit in the Command to be combat decorated during WWII, having been award a Distinguished Unit Citation. (source: Wikipedia) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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