Editing Consolidated B-24 Liberator (section)

===Romanian use===
Following Operation Tidal Wave, it was decided to attempt the salvage of a B-24 bomber and use it for fighter pilot training. Three B-24s were recovered: ''Boiler Maker II'', ''Honkey Tonk Gal'', and ''Brewery Wagon''. Of these, ''Boiler Maker II'' was repaired in the field using parts from the other two. Initially, the glazed nose of the bomber was replaced with sheet metal. The airplane was then flown to [[Brașov]] where it was painted in [[Royal Romanian Air Force|Romanian Air Force]] camouflage and markings at the [[Industria Aeronautică Română|IAR]] factory.<ref name="Ro B-24">{{cite web|url=https://www.iar80flyagain.org/b-24-liberator-reconstruit/|title=Istoria unui B 24 Liberator "românesc"|language=ro|website=iar80flyagain.org|date=2023-03-16}}</ref>

The aircraft was handed over for operations to the {{ill|LARES (airline)|lt=LARES|ro|LARES}} airline. It was destroyed on the ground during a German raid on 26 August 1944.<ref name="Ro B-24"/>

Another proposal was to recover engines of other crashed B-24s and mount them on the [[IAR 80]] fighters. However, the IAR engineers determined that the R-1830 engine did not offer any significant advantage over the [[IAR K14]].<ref name="Ro B-24"/>