*PBY-1 Liberator VPB-107 Natal Brazil early 1943 HA9104 Hobby Master 1:144

PBY-1 Liberator VPB-107 Natal Brazil early 1943 HA9104 Die Cast Hobby Master 1:144 1:144 Scale. Item: HA9104 Hobby Master "1:48 Air Power Series" diecast airplanes feature: Diecast metal construction with some plastic components. Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details. Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals. Opening canopies, revealing detailed cockpit interiors. Interchangeable extended/retracted landing gear. Presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight". Authentic detachable ordnance loads complete with placards. Accurately detailed underside with concealed screwheads. Hobby Master 1/144 Air Power Series HA9106 B-24D Liberator "She'Asta" 530th, 380th BG, 5th Air Force, 1943 True 1/144 scale. Professionally painted. Great attention to detail. All markings are Tampoed (pad applied). Option to display the model on a stand that is provided. Lots of metal with a minimal plastic. Highly collectable. The B-24 was the most produced American bomber in WWII. The demand was so great that Consolidated was unable to keep up so contracts were awarded to Douglas, Ford and North American. The D variant became the most numerous with 2,698. The design of the B-24 allowed it to carry the same payload as the Boeing B-17 and do it faster and further. Compared to the sleek look of the B-17 the B-24 looked awkward and B-17 crews referred to it as “the crate the B-17 was shipped in”. On September 15, 1941 VP-83 was formed at Dunkeswell, England and renamed VB-107 on May 15, 1943 at NAS Norfolk, Virginia. Here they received the Army B-24D Liberator that the USN designated PB4Y-1. Between June and July 1943 VB-107 transferred to Natal, Brazil. The task for VB-107 was to patrol off the coast of Brazil in earch of German submarines and to destroy them when located. VB-107 became VPB-107 in October 1944. PB4Y-1 32057 ex USAAF 42-40572 “Subduer” remained in service until July 1945 when it was stricken off charge.