Key Points – The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a key Allied heavy bomber in World War II, was the most produced combat aircraft in history (18,482 built). -Making its maiden flight in 1939, the B ...

But even the US Army Air Force accepted the B-24, which would be named the Liberator, the design gained the interest of Britain and France. With the fall of France in June 1940, the aircraft built ...

Here is the story of the B-24, in all of its World War II glory – The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was a bomber that truly lived up to its name as it helped “liberate” Europe from the Nazis ...

On May 20, 1943, a B-24 bomber of the 1014th Pilot Transition Training Squadron took off from an Army airfield in Texas and headed to Chicago. It was a miserable day for flying, let alone teaching … ...

Lieutenant William Montgomery’s B-24 Liberator was shot down near Arundel, West Sussex, on June 22, 1944, the U.K.’s Bournemouth News & Picture Service (BNPS) reported. Montgomery was only 24 ...

During WWII, B-24s carried a crew of 10-11 men, the B-29s carried a crew of 10-12. Diamond Lil, the B-24 Liberator on display was built in May, 1941 under contract for Great Britain (the U.S. had ...