One of 178 Liberators that took off from Benghazi to bomb the oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania on August 1st, 1943 - Black Sunday. After bombing the target, and crippled by a German fighter, the B-24 tried to fly to a British Base in Cyprus but ended up ditching in the sea near Antalya. The Aircraft was salvaged in 1995, conserved and has been put on display with the help of Mr. Roy Newton, one of seven survivors of the crash. Issued in Rahmi M. Koc Museum, Istanbul.
13th Delfín manufactured (from the 15 first L29s). Outside the museum area at the moment (probably due to current shape). First flight of the XL-29 prototype: 05.04.1959
Planes Of Fame, Valle, AZ. The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines from a Boeing B-50 Superfortress, most probably the “Lucky Lady II“, whose fuselage is stored at Planes Of Fame, Chino, CA. This was the first plane to go around the globe iwth aerial re-fueling only. The flight back in 1949 took 94 hours and one minute.