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LIBERATOR/44-48781
B-24 Liberator 44-48781 2019
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Serial #: 44-48781
Construction #: 3636
Civilian Registration:
  None
   Model(s):
  B-24J Liberator
Name: Rupert the Roo II
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2021
History:
Delivered to the United States Air Force as 44-48781.
Spartan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, OK, 1946-1960.
- Instructional airframe.
- Later stripped and derelict.
Open storage, derelict, Tulsa Airport, OK, 1966-1974.
8th AF Museum, Barksdale AFB, LA, December 1978-2002.
- Delivered by CH-54.
- Restored for display.
- Displayed as U*-K/Laden Maiden (later 250806/Louisianna Belle II).
Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB, LA, ????-2021.
- Displayed as Rupert the Roo II, 2015-2021.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Pat Carry.
 Photo Source(s):
Tony Andrews.
Unknown.
James Gautreaux.
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