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Commando (aircraft)
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Commando (Air Ministry serial number AL504) was a very long range Consolidated Liberator II aircraft adapted for passenger transport, to serve as the personal aircraft of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Commando disappeared without a trace on 27 March 1945 over the North Atlantic Ocean, while on a flight from RAF Northolt to Lajes Field in the Azores, en route to Ottawa in Canada. The cause of the disappearance of the aircraft remains unknown to this day.
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Liberator II AL504 Commando, which disappeared on 27 March 1945. The picture shows the aircraft in its later single-fin and rudder configuration and lack of camouflage paint | |
Type | Consolidated Liberator II |
Serial | AL504 |
Owners and operators | Royal Air Force |
In service | July 1942 – 27 March 1945 |
Fate | Disappeared over the North Atlantic Ocean en route to the Azores |
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