These walk-around photos were taken at the RAF Museum London in Hendon in 2019. They show a Consolidated Liberator B Mk VI, serial KN751, coded F and named "Snake" — one of the most important heavy bombers of the Second World War and the only surviving example in Britain. The Liberator, based on the American B-24, was used extensively by the RAF across multiple theatres in both the bomber and maritime patrol roles, equipping over 40 squadrons. In the Far East it was the primary heavy bomber available to RAF commands operating against Japanese targets in Burma and beyond.
Built at Ford's Willow Run plant in December 1944 as USAAF serial 44-50206, KN751 was delivered under Lend-Lease to No. 99 (Madras Presidency) Squadron in India in mid-1945, flying its last wartime operational mission against Japanese targets on 12 August 1945. It later served with the Indian Air Force as HE807 on maritime patrol duties before being donated back to the RAF in 1974 and flown back to the UK — its last flight — by a mixed British and Indian crew. It was displayed at RAF Museum Cosford until 2005, when it was moved by road to Hendon, where it has been on display since.