Editing Consolidated B-24 Liberator (section)

====PB4Y-1====
[[File:Liberator_Consolidated_PB4Y-1_(16139580992).jpg|thumb|250px|PB4Y-1 Liberator]]
B-24s were also used by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] and [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] for [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]], anti-ship patrol, and [[Aerial reconnaissance|photographic reconnaissance]] in the Pacific Theater, and by the [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] for patrol and [[Air-sea rescue|SAR]]. Naval B-24s were redesignated '''PB4Y-1''', meaning the fourth patrol bomber design built by Consolidated Aircraft. Navy PB4Y-1s assigned to Atlantic ASW and all Coast Guard PB4Y-1s had the ventral turret replaced by a retractable radome. Also, most naval aircraft had an Erco ball turret installed in the nose position, replacing the glass nose and other styles of turret.

The Consolidated Aircraft Company PB4Y-2 Privateer was a U.S. Navy [[Maritime patrol aircraft|patrol bomber]] that was derived directly from the B-24 Liberator. The U.S. Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modifications as the PB4Y-1 Liberator, and along with maritime patrol B-24s used by RAF Coastal Command this type of patrol plane had been quite successful. A fully navalized design was seen as advantageous, and Consolidated Aircraft developed a purpose-built long-range patrol bomber in 1943, designated PB4Y-2. The Privateer had non-turbosupercharged engines for weight savings and optimal performance at low to medium patrol [[altitude]]s, and was visually distinguishable from the B-24 and PB4Y-1 by its longer fuselage, single tall vertical stabilizer (rather than a twin tail), two dorsal turrets, and teardrop-shaped waist gun blisters (similar in appearance to those on Consolidated's own PBY Catalina).