My father wound up being a B-24 flight instructor in the early 40s. After graduating from flight school, he developed rheumatic fever and was deemed unfit for combat. They were so desperate for pilots that they kept him on flight status anyway but only as an instructor. He remained on flight...

My father wound up being a B-24 flight instructor in the early 40s. After graduating from flight school, he developed rheumatic fever and was deemed unfit for combat. They were so desperate for pilots that they kept him on flight status anyway but only as an instructor. He remained on flight...

My father wound up being a B-24 flight instructor in the early 40s. After graduating from flight school, he developed rheumatic fever and was deemed unfit for combat. They were so desperate for pilots that they kept him on flight status anyway but only as an instructor. He remained on flight...

My father wound up being a B-24 flight instructor in the early 40s. After graduating from flight school, he developed rheumatic fever and was deemed unfit for combat. They were so desperate for pilots that they kept him on flight status anyway but only as an instructor. He remained on flight...

With the wings of a B-24 and the tail of a PB4Y-2 Privateer, the R2Y really didn't stand a chance in a postwar market already bloated with surplus C-54s. Only one was built.