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==Variants== ;C-87 :USAAF transport variant of the B-24D with seats for 25 passengers, 278 built.<ref name="Andrade">Andrade 1987, pp. 42, 82, 87.</ref> ;C-87A :VIP version for 16 passengers, three for the USAAF and three to the United States Navy as RY-1.<ref name="Andrade" /> ;C-87B :Proposed armed variant, not built.<ref name="Andrade" /> ;XC-87B Conversions with stretched forward compartment and LB-30 type low altitude power packages. Later PB4Y-2 type power packages and single tail (see RY-3/C-87C). 42β40355. (Total: 1 conversion) ;C-87C :Proposed USAAF variant of the RY-3, designation not used.<ref name="Andrade" /> ;RY-1 :United States Navy designation for three former USAAF C-87As fitted for 16 passengers.<ref name="Andrade" /> ;RY-2 :Five former USAAF C-87s fitted for 20 passengers, a further 15 were cancelled.<ref name="Andrade" /> ;RY-3 :A C-87 with the single tail and seven foot fuselage stretch of the [[PB4Y-2 Privateer]]. 39 were built, and were used by the RAF Transport Command No. 231 Squadron, U.S. Marine Corps, and one was used by the RCAF. ;AT-22 :Five C-87s used for flight engineer training, later designated TB-24D.<ref name="Andrade" /> ; Liberator C.VII :Royal Air Force designation for C-87s supplied under Lend Lease<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126691 | title=American Aircraft in Royal Air Force Service 1939-1945: Consolidated Liberator | access-date=10 April 2024 | archive-date=10 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410090339/https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126691 | url-status=live }}</ref> ;Liberator C.IX :Royal Air Force designation for 26 RY-3s supplied under Lend-Lease. The designation meaning "Cargo (aircraft) Mark 9"
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