When the ATC required a long range transport, it turned to the Consolidated B-24 Liberator and pressed her into service as a transport plane.

Douglas C-47

Consolidated B-24 Liberator: Bomber Turned Transport

by Sam McGowan

Although the Douglas C-47 is usually thought of as the most important transport of the war, in reality it was the transport conversions of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber that opened up the world to the Air Transport Command. Read more