PB4Y-2 Privateer

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The PB4Y-2 Privateer was a U.S. Navy long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft developed from the B-24 Liberator and used extensively in World War II and the early Cold War.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
PB4Y-2 Privateer canonical 4
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer 2
PB4Y-1 Liberator 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare aircraft ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
armament 12.7 mm Browning M2 machine guns ⓘ
bombs ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
basedOn Consolidated B-24 Liberator ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewSize 11 ⓘ
designationSystem U.S. Navy patrol bomber designation ⓘ
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
firstFlight 1943 ⓘ
fuselageModification lengthened fuselage compared to B-24 ⓘ
introducedBy United States Navy ⓘ
manufacturer Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Vultee Aircraft
maximumSpeed 300 mph ⓘ
notableVariant P4Y-2G Privateer ⓘ
linked to: P4Y-2W Privateer

P4Y-2S Privateer ⓘ
P4Y-2W Privateer ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator French Navy ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
United States Coast Guard ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
primaryRole anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
long-range maritime patrol ⓘ
range approximately 2,800 miles ⓘ
retiredFromUSService 1950s ⓘ
secondaryRole electronic intelligence ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
search and rescue ⓘ
serviceEntry 1944 ⓘ
tailConfiguration single vertical tail ⓘ
tailModification single tall vertical fin replacing B-24 twin tail ⓘ
turretConfiguration multiple powered gun turrets ⓘ
usedExtensivelyDuring early Cold War maritime patrol missions ⓘ
late World War II Pacific operations ⓘ
usedFor anti-shipping strikes ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ
minelaying ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
weather reconnaissance ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wingConfiguration high-wing monoplane ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Consolidated B-24 Liberator → notableVariant → PB4Y-1 Liberator ⓘ
linked to: PB4Y-2 Privateer
Operation Aphrodite → usedWeapon → PB4Y-1 Liberator ⓘ
subject linked to: Operation Aphrodite mission
linked to: PB4Y-2 Privateer
Consolidated Aircraft → producedAircraft → Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer ⓘ
linked to: PB4Y-2 Privateer
P4Y-2W Privateer → basedOn → Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer ⓘ
linked to: PB4Y-2 Privateer
P4Y-2W Privateer → introducedAsVariantOf → PB4Y-2 Privateer ⓘ
P4Y-2W Privateer → developedFrom → PB4Y-2 Privateer ⓘ
P4Y-2S Privateer → basedOn → PB4Y-2 Privateer ⓘ
P4Y-2S Privateer → aircraftFamily → PB4Y-2 Privateer family ⓘ
linked to: PB4Y-2 Privateer