Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express - Variants

Variants

C-87

USAAF transport variant of the B-24D with seats for 25 passengers, 278 built.

C-87A

VIP version for 16 passengers, three for the USAAF and three to the United States Navy as RY-1.

C-87B

Proposed armed variant, no built.

C-87C

Proposed USAAF variant of the RY-3, designation not used.

C-109

Dedicated tanker version with 6 additional fuel tanks carrying 2,400 gallons of fuel.

RY-1

United States Navy designation for three former USAAF C-87As fitted for 16 passengers.

RY-2

Five former USAAF C-87s fitted for 20 passengers, a further 15 were cancelled.

RY-3

A C-87 with the single tail and seven foot fuselage stretch of the PB4Y-2 Privateer. 39 were built, and were used by the RAF Transport Command No. 231 Squadron, U.S. Marine Corps, and one was used by the RCAF.

AT-22

Five C-87s used for flight engineer training, later designated TB-24D.

Liberator C.IX

Royal Air Force designation for 26 RY-3s supplied under Lend-Lease.