Editing Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express (section)

{{Short description|Transport derivative of the B-24 Liberator}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
  |name= C-87 Liberator Express
  |image= File:C-87-liberator-express.jpg
  |caption=
  |type= [[Military transport aircraft]]
  |manufacturer= [[Consolidated Aircraft]]
  |designer=
  |first_flight=
  |introduction= [[1942 in aviation|1942]]
  |retired=
  |status= Retired
  |primary_user= [[United States Army Air Forces]]
  |more_users= [[Royal Air Force]] <br /> [[United States Navy]]
  |produced=
  |number_built= 287
  |unit cost=
  |developed_from =  [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator]]
  |variants=
}}

The '''Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express''' was a transport derivative of the [[B-24 Liberator]] heavy bomber built during [[World War II]] for the [[United States Army Air Forces]]. A total of 287 C-87s were delivered by [[Consolidated Aircraft]] from its plant in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. 

The plant also developed and delivered a USAAF [[flight engineer]] trainer designated the '''AT-22.'''  Other versions included the AAF '''C-87A,''' an executive transport version; and the '''RY,''' a [[United States Navy]] [[VIP]] transport. 

The Navy also ordered the '''RY-3,''' a Navy-contracted, single-tail version with an extended fuselage built in San Diego; the AAF also ordered the design under the designation C-87C. Those were cancelled and allotted to a [[Royal Air Force]] VIP transport designated the '''Liberator C.IX.'''

The [[C-109 Liberator]] was a fuel-transport converted from existing B-24s.<ref name="c-109">https://web.archive.org/web/20090304014706/http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b24_27.html Consolidated C-109</ref>