B-24 Liberator part 1
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15th AF Liberators over Gmund Austria 1945
15th Air Force 451st BG B-24 Bombers in flight
15th Air Force B 24 Bomber #71 Flying over Mount Vesuvius 1944
15th US Army Air Force 485th BG B-24H 42-52724 Liberator "Buzz Job" 1944 over Czechoslovakia
38th Bomb Squadron 30th BG Aircrew Posed by Their B-24 Liberator
44-40757 "Big Time Operator" of the 864th Bomb Squadron, 494th BG
449th Bomb Group B-24J 42-64363 Lil Butch
44th BG 67th BS B-24 Liberator 41-23818 "Bela" Taxiing at Airfield in England
44th BG B-24 Liberator Preparing to Load Bombs England
44th BG B-24 Liberators Flying in Formation 41-23774
44th BG B-24 Liberators Taxiing at Airfield in England
451st Bomb Group B-24G #23 42-78274 named "Cocky Crew!" in flight
455th Bomb Group B-24J #43 named CHERRIE s/n 42-51332 Dropping Bomb Load
460th Bomb Group 760th BS B-24 Liberator A in flight
460th Bomb Group 760th BS B-24 Liberators in formation
460th Bomb Group 760th BS B-24 Liberators Take Off Spinazzola, Italy
5th Air Force B-24 Under Repairs at Townsville Australia February 1944
5th Army Troops Examine Wreck of B-24 Downed near Nettuno March 1944
7 April 1945 - a B-24 of the 67th BS 44th BG leaves Neumunster Germany
7th Army Air Force 30th BG 392nd BS B-24 Liberators over Truk 1944
8th AF B-24 Bombers during Raid over France
98th BG 345th BS 9th AF B-24D 41-11766 Chug-A-Lug Nose Art
9th AAF B-24 Liberator During Attack on Messina Harbor Sicily July 1943
9th AF Pilots by B-24D 41-11761 "The Squaw" on War Bond Tour 1943
Aerial Photo B-24 Liberator Shot Down Over Germany 1944
Aerial View of 450th Bomb Group B-24 Bombers Over Burning Target
B 24 Liberator Bomber Top Turret Gunner
B-17 and B-24 limp home together following the October 7, 1944 strike on Vienna
B-24 #0011 and crew members South Pacific
B-24 42-72891 "Finito Benito" over Wiener Neustadt Austria 1944
B-24 44-42019 "Calamity Jane" of the 308th Bomb Group 374th Bomb Squadron
B-24 assembly line
B-24 assembly line WW2 bomber
B-24 Battle Damaged 460 Bomb Group Liberator Belly Landing in Italy 1944
B-24 bomber LANDING GEAR
B-24 Bomber Squadron Enroute to Target
B-24 Bombers Attacking Burning Ploesti Oil Refinery
B-24 Bombers Dropping Bombs Over Target
B-24 Bombers Flying Through AA Fire
B-24 Bombers Leaving Smoking Target Area After Bombing
B-24 Bombers of Bomb Group Spread Out Over Airfield
B-24 Ford Motor Company 8000 Liberator
B-24 Liberator "0185" Shark Mouth of the 90th Bomb Group
B-24 Liberator "B" of the 93rd Bomb Group in flight, ww2 airplane
B-24 Liberator #73 of the 376th bomb group over Wiener Neustadt Austria 1944
B-24 Liberator #74 - 13 November 1944 Burma
B-24 Liberator 15th AF Bombing Ploesti Romania 15 July 1944
B-24 Liberator 42-52143 "Wells Cargo". Navigator 2nd Lt. Joseph Orley examines the holes in his nose turret 10 January 1944
B-24 Liberator 42-64448 Nose Art "Bottoms Up" 450th BG 721st BS
B-24 Liberator 42-7607 from 446th BG 705th BS "The Spirit of 77"
B-24 Liberator 8th Air Force 448th Bomb Group 715th Bomb Squadron taking off Seething England 1944
B-24 Liberator Aircraft Assembly Line August 1943
B-24 Liberator ASSEMBLY line photo
B-24 Liberator base in England. 389th bomb group 8th AF
B-24 Liberator bomber 0185 of the 90th Bomb Group tail
B-24 Liberator bomber 42-95084 nose art "Bird Dog" 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
B-24 Liberator Bomber 44-40209 converted to F-7B 311th Reconnaissance Wing. Nose Art "Well Developed" Okinawa 1945
B-24 Liberator Bomber 8th Air Force Drops Bombs On Germany. 467th Bomb Group 790th Bomb Group.
B-24 Liberator Bomber of the 380th Bomb Group, 530th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Missouri Miss" Okinawa 1945
B-24 Liberator bomber of the 7th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Squadron 10th AF. Nose art "MORS AB ALTO"
B-24 Liberator bombers training squadron
B-24 Liberator color photo England
B-24 Liberator color ww2 airplane
B-24 Liberator Crash Wreck Poltava Russia 12 January 1945
B-24 Liberator Dropping Its Bombs
B-24 liberator engine
B-24 Liberator England in USAAF service
B-24 Liberator flight cross the airfield at very low level
B-24 Liberator Hells Kitchen Rusty Prop Crew 494 Bomb Group 865 BS Okinawa
B-24 liberator in flight, ww2 airplane
B-24 Liberator nose art
B-24 Liberator Nose Art The Old Mutual 14th Air Force
B-24 Liberator of the 11th Bomb Group 431st Bomb Squadron 7th Air Force. Nose Art "Birds Eye View"
B-24 Liberator of the 450th Bomb Group on the ground 1944
B-24 Liberator of the 460th Bomb Group over Graz Austria 1944
B-24 Liberator of the 460th Bomb Group over Vienna Austria
B-24 Liberator of the 465th Bomb Group 15t AF over Vienna Austria 1944
B-24 Liberator of the 576th Bomb Squadron 392nd Bomb Group
B-24 Liberator of the 7th Bomb Group 9th Bomb Squadron. Nose art "LUSCIOUS LACE"
B-24 Liberator over Austria
B-24 Liberator over Austria 3
B-24 Liberator over Austria 451st Bomb Group
B-24 Liberator over Austria 6
B-24 Liberator over Austria April 1945 #64
B-24 Liberator over Gmund Austria 1945
B-24 Liberator over Graz Austria 1944 744th Bomb Squadron 456th Bomb Group
B-24 Liberator over Koningsberg Austria
B-24 Liberator over Linz Austria 1944
B-24 Liberator over the Alps Austria
B-24 Liberator over Vienna 1944 WW2 photo
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria 1944
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria 1944 3
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria 1944 725th Bomb Squadron 451st Bomb Group
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria 1945
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria 2
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria 5
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria photo
B-24 Liberator over Vienna Austria wels
B-24 Liberator over Wiener Neustadt Austria 1944 2
B-24 Liberator Philippines 1945
B-24 Liberator Pilot Ploesti Raid
B-24 Liberator pilots color photo
B-24 Liberator RAAF
B-24 Liberator with Heavy Battle Damage to Tail Section
B-24 Liberators dropping bombs 491st Bomb Group 8th Air Force
B-24 Liberators during Ploesti Raid 1943 3
B-24 Liberators during Ploesti Raid 1943 4
B-24 Liberators Manufacturing Workers 1944
B-24 Liberators of the 458th Bomb Group. Color picture
B-24 Liberators of the 490th Bomb Group in flight 1944
B-24 Liberators on Ploesti Raid 1943
B-24 Liberators on Ploesti Raid 1943 6
B-24 Liberators over Heiligenstadt Austria 464th Bomb Group 778th Bomb Squadron 15th AF.
B-24 Liberators over Salzburg Austria 1945
B-24 Liberators over Wels Austria
B-24 named Eager Beaver Bombing Company 7th BG 492nd BS
B-24 Nose Art Problem Child 7th BG
B-24 of 453rd BG after belly landing in snow January 1945
B-24 of 7th AF ground crews load bombers at a Marshall Islands airstrip for strike on Guam 1944
B-24 of 8th AF German Oil Plant Under Attack 1944
B-24 of the 15th AF, bomb bay doors open
B-24 of the 460th Bomb Group drops a load of fragmentation bombs on the Aidrome at Neuberg, Austria - 26 March 1945
B-24 of the 5th BG 72nd BS 1945 Samar Leyte
B-24 of the 90th Bomb Group Jolly Rogers over Balikpapan October 1944
B-24 on Ploesti Raid 1943 5
B-24 RAAF Australia
B-24 Tail and crew members Pacific
B-24 US Bomber Aircraft Combat Photo
B-24 wing section assembly line
B-24D 41-24170 "Rapid Robin" of the 11th Bomb Group 431st Bomb Squadron
B-24D 42-40074 "Juicy Lucy" of 11th BG
B-24D Liberator „Ready Teddy” of the 307th Bomb Group 371th BS nose turret
B-24D Liberator ww2 airplane
B-24E Ford factory assembly line of ww2 airplane
B-24H Liberator 42-7580 nose art "Hap Hazard"
B-24H serial 41-28837 "Trade Winds" of the 487th Bomb Group 837th Bomb Squadron 8th AF
B-24H serial 42-95020 "Lonesome Lois" code MK-X+ of the 701st BS 445th BG 13 July 1944
B-24H-10-DT Liberator #63 41-28670 of the 461st Bomb Group 767th Bomb Squadron 15th AF. Nose art "Malfunction Sired By Ford"
B-24H-20-FO Liberator, Nose Art "Collapsible Susie", 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron, s/n 42-94879
B-24H-25-DT Liberator Liberator 42-51173 of the 484th Bomb Group 827th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "A Broad Abroad"
B-24J 42-50490 #19 "Leevus Bee" and B-24G 42-78231 #5 "Satan's Gal" of the 450th BG, 720th BS
B-24J 42-50561 of the 486th Bomb Group, 833rd BS code 4N-K, dropping bombs
B-24J 42-72994 "Bolivar" of the 27th BS 30th Bomb Group
B-24J 42-73006 "Wabbit Twansit" of the 11th Bomb Group 431st Bomb Squadron
B-24J 42-73322 Red Butt 5th BG 72nd BS
B-24J 42-73324 "The Flying Cloud" of the 308th Bomb Group 374th Bomb Squadron
B-24J bomber 44-40733 of the 494th Bomb Group 865th Bomb Squadron. „Innocence A Broad” Nose Art
B-24J converted to F-7B 44-40198 of the 20th CMS 6th PRG. Nose Art "Cherokee Strip"
B-24J converted to F-7B, serial 44-40198 "Cherokee Strip” of the 20th CMS 6th PRG
B-24J Liberator #19 42-50906 "Minnesota Mauler" of 724th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group over Linz Austria
B-24J Liberator 42-100168 named "Dual Sack" of the 98th BS, 11th BG, 7th AF
B-24J Liberator 42-100294 of the 328th Bomb Squadron 93rd Bomb Group 8th Air Force named "Victory Belle"
B-24J Liberator 42-109810 named "Sterile Errol" of the 330th BS 93rd BG 8th AF
B-24J Liberator 42-64435 in Flight
B-24J nose art REDDY TEDDY 7th Bomb Group
B-24J of the 450th Bombardment Group, 722nd Bomb Squadron in Italy. Nose art "Madam Shoo Shoo" 42-99805
B-24J-190-CO Liberator 44-41030 of the 90th Bomb Group 400th Bomb Squadron. Nose art "After Hours"
B-24L "Flying Ass" of 724th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group over Linz Austria
B-24M 44-42133 of the 308th Bomb Group 374th Bomb Squadron - nose art "Miss Lace"
B-24M 44-42378 of the 380th Bomb Group, 528th Bomb Squadron - Nose art A "Wing an' 10 Prayers" Okinawa 1945
B-24M Liberator 44-50693 of the 755th BS 458th BG 8th AF
B-24M-10-FO Liberator 44-50811 of the 380th Bomb Group, 529th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Peace Offering" Okinawa 1945
Bomber 44-40748 of the 494th Bomb Group 865th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "The Early Bird" Okinawa 1945
Bomber of the 7th Bomb Group 493rd Bomb Squadron 10th AF. Nose art "Blind Date"
Brand New B-24E Liberator Ford Motor Company Willow Run Plant
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Consolidated B-24D-120-CO Liberator 42-40970 of the 90th Bomb Group 319th Bomb Squadron. Nose art "The Strip Polka"
Consolidated B-24D-15-CO Liberator bomber 41-24003 in USAAF service
Consolidated B-24D-20-CO 41-24198 of the 98th Bomb Group, 344th Bomb Squadron 9th AF "The Vulgar Virgin" with crew, North Africa 1943
Consolidated B-24D-20-CO Liberator bomber 41-24183 of the 308th Bomb Group 374th Bomb Squadron. "The Goon" crew
Consolidated B-24D-25-CO Liberator "L" 41-24226 "Joisey Bounce" of the 93rd Bomb Group 330th BS 1943
Consolidated B-24D-25-CO Liberator „L” 41-24226 „Joisey Bounce” of the 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron 1943
Consolidated B-24D-25-CO Liberator 41-24223 of the 308th Bomb Group 375th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Doodlebug"
Consolidated B-24D-5-CO Liberator 41-23781 of the 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron. Nose art "Arkansas Traveler" Libya 1943
Consolidated B-24D-80-CO Liberator Bomber "N+" 42-40619 of the 389th Bomb Group 566th BS
Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator 41-11686 376th Bomb Group "FULL A' BREAST" Spinazzola Italy
Consolidated B-24E-25-CF Liberator 41-29074. Assembly Line Fort Worth Texas
Consolidated B-24H-15-CF Liberator 41-29508 in flames over Austria. 460th Bomb group 15th AF. 16th June 1944
Consolidated B-24H-20-CF Liberator 42-50284 of the 493rd Bomb Group, 862nd Bomb Squadron. Nose art "Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby"
Consolidated B-24J 44-40291 of the 458th Bomb Group, 753rd Bomb Squadron. „Royal Flush” Nose Art
Consolidated B-24J-1-CF Liberator converted to F-7A, s/n 42-64102 "Nosie Rosie" of the 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 10th Air Force.
Consolidated B-24J-1-CO Liberator Bomber 42-73005 #005 of the 11th Bomb Group, 26th Bomb Squadron 7th Air Force. Nose Art "Gun Site"
Consolidated B-24J-110-CO Liberator #876 42-109876 of the 11th Bomb Group 98th Bomb Squadron 7th AF. Nose art "MILLIES DAUGHTER"
Consolidated B-24J-110-CO Liberator bomber 42-109880 #880 of the 11th Bomb Group 26st Bomb Squadron 7th AF. Nose art Chicago Ann
Consolidated B-24J-140-CO Liberator 42-110155 of the 491st Bomb Group, 852nd Bomb Squadron. Nose art "Heavenly Body"
Consolidated B-24J-150-CO Liberator Bomber 44-40189 of the 380th Bomb Group, 531st Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Embarrassed" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24J-150-CO Liberator Bomber 44-40193 of the 90th Bomb Group 321st Bomb Squadron. Nose art "Miss Jolly Roger"
Consolidated B-24J-160-CO Liberator Bomber 44-40366 of the 22nd Bomb Group 33rd Bomb Squadron 5th AF. Nose Art Slighty Dangerous Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24J-160-CO Liberator Bomber 44-40428 of the 43rd Bomb Group 64th Bomb Squadron. Nose art "Cocktail Hour"
Consolidated B-24J-170-CO Liberator Bomber #562 44-40562 of the 11th Bomb Group, 431st Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Wonderous Wanda" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24J-170-CO Liberator Bomber 44-40563 of the 865th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb Group, 7th AF. Nose Art "Double Trouble" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24J-175-CO Liberator #670 44-40670 of the 11th Bomb Group 42nd Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Dragon Lady" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24J-175-CO Liberator 44-40660 of the 494th Bomb Group, 864th Bomb Squadron. Hell's Belle nose art
Consolidated B-24J-185-CO Liberator „Nana” #938 44-40938 of the 307th Bomb Group 371st Bomb Squadron, Nose Art
Consolidated B-24J-185-CO Liberator #945 44-40945 of the 307th Bomb Group 371st Bomb Squadron 13th AF. Nose art "Ruth Ann"
Consolidated B-24J-185-CO Liberator 44-40942 #942 of the 868th Bomb Squadron 13th Air Force. Nose art WONDER GAL
Consolidated B-24J-55-CO Liberator "Naughty Nan" 42-99949 of the 93 Bomb Group 328 Bomb Squadron, ETO 1944
Consolidated B-24L-10-CO Liberator Bomber 44-41610 of the 494th Bomb Group 867th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Star Dust" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24L-5-CO Liberator "Snooper" 44-41464 of the 868th Bomb Squadron 13th Air Force. Nose Art "Lady June II" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24L-5-CO Liberator 44-41480 of the 307th Bomb Group 370th Bomb Squadron 13th AF. Nose art "Pennsy City Kitty"
Consolidated B-24L-5-CO Liberator Bomber 44-41537 of the 22nd Bomb Group 19th Bomb Squadron. Nose art "Modest Maiden"
Consolidated B-24L-5-CO Liberator s/n 44-41545 "545" AKA "DANCING DOLLY" of the 307th Bomb Group 370th Bomb Squadron 13th AF. Information from John Origlio: http://www.b24bestweb.com/545-v1-1.htm
Consolidated B-24M Liberator releases bombs on Muhldorf Railyards, 451st Bomb Group, s/n 44-50443
Consolidated B-24M-25-CO Liberator 44-42331 of the 380th Bomb Group, 529th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Moonlight Maid" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24M-5-CO Liberator Bomber 44-41867 of the 380th Bomb Group, 529th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Rangy Lil" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24M-5-CO Liberator Bomber 44-41875 of the 380th Bomb Group, 528th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Net Result" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-24M-5-CO Liberator Bomber 44-41876 of the 380th Bomb Group, 530th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Lucky Strike" Okinawa 1945
Consolidated B-32 Dominator bomber 42-108532 of the 386th Bomb Squadron, 312th Bomb Group, 5th AF. Nose Art HOBO QUEEN OKINAWA 1945
Consolidated LB-30 B-24 Liberator Bomber of the RAF
Consolidated XB-24 Bomber 1939
Damaged B-24 "Liberandos" of the 376th BG over Tulon
F-7 Photo Liberator Taking Off in Philippines
F-7A Liberator 42-64047 of the 20th CMS. Nose art „Patched Up Piece’”
Ford B-24H 42-95379 #35 "Extra Joker" of the 725th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force burning over Turnitz Austria. 23rd August 1944
Ford B-24H-15-FO Liberator Bomber 42-52431 , 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron 8th AF, NOSE ART "SOLID SENDER"
Ford B-24H-25-FO Liberator 42-95120 of the 458th Bomb Group, 755th Bomb Squadron 8th AF. NOSE ART "BETTY"
Ford B-24H-30-FO Liberator 42-95379 #35 „Extra Joker” of the 725th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force burning over Turnitz Austria. 23rd August 1944
Ford B-24L-10-FO Liberator Bomber #9504 44-49504 Nose art BOOMERANG 308th Bomb Group
Ford B-24L-15-FO Liberator 44-49854 of the 43rd Bomb Group 64th Bomb Squadron. Color photo, Nose Art "Mabels Labels"
Ford B-24L-5-FO Liberator 9491 44-49491 of the 308th Bomb Group. „Piece Time” nose art
Ford B-24L-5-FO Liberator Bomber 44-49378 of the 308th Bomb Group 374th BS. Nose art "Miss Mandy"
Ford B-24M-1-FO Liberator 44-50396 of the 380th Bomb Group, 531st Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Pom Pom Express" Okinawa 1945
Ford B-24M-1-FO Liberator 44-50396 of the 380th Bomb Group, 531st Bomb Squadron. Nose Art „Pom Pom Express” Okinawa 1945
Ford B-24M-15-FO Liberator 44-50894 of the 380th Bomb Group, 529th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Liberty Belle" Okinawa 1945
Ford B-24M-15-FO Liberator Bomber #960 44-50960 of the 11th Bomb Group 98th Bomb Squadron. Nose Art "Tricky Micky" Okinawa 1945
Leigh Light used for spotting U-boats on the surface at night fitted to a Liberator of Coastal Command
Liberator #645 44-41645 of the 5th Bomb Group 72nd Bomb Squadron 13th AF.
Liberator 41-28702 "Pretty Baby" of the 460th BG 761st BS over Capri
Liberator 41-29340 code 7V-N "Yankee Buzz Bomb" of the 458th Bomb Group. 15 April 1945, bombers dropping 500lb tanks of napalm.
Liberator 42-109933 of the 11th Bomb Group, 26th Bomb Squadron. Nose art "TARFU"
Liberator 42-52228 of the 454th Bomb Group 738th Bomb Squadron 15th AF. "Hairless Joe" nose art. Base Spinazolla Italy
Liberator 42-52228 of the 454th Bomb Group 738th Bomb Squadron 15th AF. „Hairless Joe” nose art. Base Spinazolla Italy
Liberator 42-52363 "L" 460th Bomb Group over Nis Rail Yard, 2 September 1944
Liberator 42-72998 "Bugs Bomby" of the 30th Bomb Group, 392nd Bomb Squadron 7th AF
Liberator 44-40645 of the 865th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb Group, 7th AF. Nose Art Superchick Okinawa 1945
Liberator 44-40683 "Curly Bird" of the 30th Bomb Group, 819th Bomb Squadron
Liberator 44-40689 of the 494th Bomb Group 867th Bomb Squadron "Our Baby" nose art
Liberator 44-40706 of the 864th BS, 494th Bomb Group, 7th AF November 22, 1944
Liberator 44-42056 from 494th Bomb Group bombing Cebu on 25 March 1945
Liberator 44-49647 "Flying Ass" of 724th Bomb Squadron 451st Bomb Group over Vienna, Austria 1945,
Liberator B Mk VI KK320 V-Victor of No 37 Squadron over Monfacone, Italy
Liberator B Mk VI KK320 V-Victor of No 37 Squadron RAF
Liberator Bomber #945 42-109945 of the 11th Bomb Group, 26th Bomb Squadron 7th Air Force. Nose Art "Merry Boozer"
Liberator Comes in for Landing at Midway Island December 1942
Liberator in the Low-Level Mission against Ploesti
Liberator Nose Art photo "The Near Sighted Robin", 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron 8th AF. US Army Air Force s/n 41-28851
Liberators 44-42058 "Brief" and 44-40760 "Black Sheep" 867th Bomb Squadron 494th Bomb Group
Liberators 460th Bomb Group Bombing Salzburg Austria 1944
Liberators from 451st Bomb Group over the Alps Austria, en route to strike the railroad yard in Vienna on January 15, 1945
Liberators in Low Level Bomb Run Ploesti Mission 1943
Liberators over the Alps Austria
Lt Col John Chennault in a junked B-24D 41-1092 used as a control tower on Adak airfield 1942
Major Richard Craig inspects hole in his B-24 made by A6M during raid on Gastmata New Britain 1943
PB4Y-1 Liberator in Flight
PB4Y-1 of VB-103 based at Dunkeswell
RAF Liberator Mk II in Western Egypt 1942
Recon F-7A 42-73048 Bourbon Boxcar Nose Art
The cockpit interior of a B-24 Liberator bomber
US Soldier with Crashed B-24 Bomber by Jungle Pacific
USAAF 8th AF B-24 Bomber Blasts Shulau Oil Refinery at Hamburg 1944
USAAF 9th Bomber Command B-24 Liberator Enroute to Grottaglie Raid
USAAF Airfield with bombers B-24 Italy 1944
USAAF B-24 Liberator over Japan struck down by Japanese Phoshphorus Bomb
USAAF Liberator Attacked With Japanese Phosphorus Bomb While Bombing Truk
Waist Gunner in Position on B-24 Liberator During Mission
Wicked Witch of 11th BG, 42nd BS after Wake Island Raid 1943
Woman Ordnance Worker on B-24 Libeartor 1944
Wreckage of B-24J The Chambermaid 42-100227 of the 38th Squadron 30th BG - Saipan September 1944
Wreckage of B-24J-80-CO "The Chambermaid" 42-100227 of the 38th Squadron 30th Bombardment Group 1944
Consolidated B-24 Liberator The design, produced to a USAAC ( United States Army Air Corps) requirement in January 1939, was particularly noteworthy for the very high aspect ratio Davis wing and capacious fuselage. By the time the XB-24 flew on 29th December, 1939, orders had been placed by the USAAC (for seven YB-24 and 36 B-24A for evaluation), France (120) and Great Britain (164). After France fell, the French orders were diverted to Britain, and the first half dozen Liberators (designated LB-30A) were handed over to B.O.A.C. for trans-atlantic ferry flights. Twenty more found their way to RAF Coastal Command as the Liberator Mk I, modified for patrol duties. The first American deliveries were nine B-24As in June 1941, and these too were put into use as transport aircraft. Coastal Command’s Liberator Mk II (which had no US counterpart) incorporated a lengthened nose, additional armament and a crew of ten; a few of the 139 delivered were employed as LB-30 transports, one of them becoming Winston Churchill’s personal transport “Commando “. The majority, however, went into action in the bombing role, the first Liberators to do so. Following the flight in America of the XB-24B, an improved model with self-sealing fuel tanks and turbo-supercharged engines, came a batch of nine B-24C and the first major production version (and first US bomber version), the B-24D. Among the 2738 examples of this model were to be found various permutations of gunnery and bomb load, and some of the later series also underwent a change of powerplant.
To the RAF went 260 B-24Ds (with minor modifications) as the Liberator Mk III and Mk 111A, and a further 122 later fitted with ventral and chin radar housings and a Leigh light as Coastal Command’s Mk V. In the summer of 1943 the US Navy took over those USAAF B-24Ds already used for anti-submarine duties, plus a further quantity of the same version, as the PB4Y-1. Several B-24Ds joined with the Fortresses over Europe at this time, and others served in the Mediterranean and Middle East, but it was in the Pacific that the Liberator’s unrivalled range made it particularly useful, and this undoubtedly accounts for its success as a transport as well as a bomber. The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express transport appeared in the middle war years, 276 being built for the USAAF (United States Army Air Forces), 24 for the RAF and a number as RY-2s for the US Navy. The C-87A and the Navy’s RY-1 were specially fitted for VIP use. Other factories now joined the production team, and the combined efforts of Consolidated, Douglas and Ford produced 791 B-24E, generally similar to the B-24D. North American contributed 430 of the longer, turret-nosed B-24G, and the 3100 B-24Hs also featured a power turret in this position. A substantial number of B-24H were distributed among Bomber and Coastal Commands and FEAF as the Liberator Mk IV. Again very similar to the G model was the B-24J, 6678 of which were built; some 1200 of this model were supplied to the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) and further quantities to other Commonwealth air forces. Over 90 B-24H and J Liberators were converted as photo-reconnaissance aircraft with F-7 series designations. The B-24L and M were generally similar to earlier variants apart from tail gunnery changes, 1667 and 2583 respectively being completed. The XB-24K, modified from a D in 1943, led to the single-finned B-24N, but only eight of these were completed before B-24 production ceased in May 1945. Total production: 18482 bombers.
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