Very cool a/c, DL, and not publicised enough despite being in the thick of it in the latter stages so bloody good thinking with the post.
There's one being restored to fly in the US and I think they have or are being retired as fire bombers. Hang on, I'll just got find the one under resto...
Couple of pics here (
A Warbirds Resource Group Site :: View topic - PB4Y-2 to Fly ). Museum website is out of date but have included their blurb below as well.
Lone Star Flight Museum,Galveston,Texas,warbirds,military planes PB4Y-2 PRIVATEER, #59819, N3739G, Hangar 1 at the LSFM [GLS]: Installation rings for the top turrets have been completed and the attach points are well underway. Royce McKinney is leading the charge in this area and the interior sheet metal work, and in the antenna blister manufacture/installation which explains all those funny grease pencil marks all over the –4Y. Great strides in the aft galley area, crew stations and aircraft flooring have been made. Engine nacelles and fairings are looking much better thanks to the –4Y gang. Les Wynn, our resident electrical guru, got all the big-iron drivers together and finalized the flight deck layout so he has his hands full now. This restoration is a joint maintenance shop/volunteer project but the vast majority of work has come from the Privateer volunteer gang
Couldn't resist these pics of tankers:
Goleta Air and Space Museum: P4Y-2 Privateer Tankers
After all that, almost needs a thread of its own!