Thus, designing the the B-24, a bomber focused on range, payload capacity and survivability. The development of this ...
By 1941, the B-24 was being shipped to Great Britain, which eventually received around 1,900 models. Dubbed the Liberator, ...
Lady Jane crash in Norwich recalls sacrifice, resilience, and the enduring bond between airmen and the community.
(Though it would be months before Ford hit its bomber-a-month production goal.) "It was HUGE. I was completely amazed by its monstrous size, its four mighty engines," a pilot who flew the B-24 ...
Divers examining the wreckage of the B-24 bomber “Heaven Can Wait” recovered bones of 2d Lieut. Thomas V. Kelly Jr., and his ...
The B-52J is the latest planned variant of the iconic B-52 Stratofortress bomber, with test flights scheduled for 2028 and ...
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.
The average Ford car had some 15,000 parts. The B-24 Liberator long-range bomber had 1,550,000. One came off the line every 63 minutes. America launched more vessels in 1941 than Japan did in the ...
"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 ...
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. And now, a ...