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Bomber Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
The B-24 Liberator was a powerful symbol of US industrial might, with more than 18000 produced by the war's end. They flew ...
Divers examining the wreckage of the B-24 bomber “Heaven Can Wait” recovered bones of 2d Lieut. Thomas V. Kelly Jr., and his ...
The 11-man crew of "Heaven Can Wait" was on a mission to bomb Japanese anti-aircraft batteries when their B-24 was shot down ...
The first piece of B-24 was completed at Willow Run two days after the attack. But Edsel had promised that the massive bombers would take flight in May 1942. After numerous delays and production ...
"We must be the arsenal of democracy." The B-24 bomber, dubbed the Liberator, would become a mainstay of that arsenal. The hearty bomber saw service in all theaters of the war but played an ...
The PV-1 bomber, which also bore four guns, flew successful missions throughout the war. North American B-25 Mitchell One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was also one ...
A diver looks at the wreckage of a B-24 bomber at the bottom of Gander Lake. (Submitted by Chris Power) For nearly 81 years, its been sitting, undisturbed, on the floor of Gander Lake.
Designed as a replacement bomber for the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator, the Superfortress was built to last in the Pacific Theatre. As tensions between Japan and the U.S. were heating up ...
The remains of a World War II bombardier whose B-24 bomber crashed in 1944 were located under 213 feet of water off Papua New Guinea in late September. Searchers found the remains with the help of ...