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The story is told in the book "Almost Home: The Story of the B-24 Crash at Walliwall Orkney – 31 March 1945" by David W. Earl. [59] [60] 5 April 1945 A B-24H-15-DT, 41-28779 of the 564th Bomb Squadron , 389th Bomb Group (Heavy) , was captured by the Luftwaffe on 20 June 1944 (MACR 6533 [ clarification needed ] ), [ citation needed ] and ...
Lady Be Good is a B-24D Liberator bomber that disappeared without a trace on its first combat mission during World War II.The plane, which was from 376th Bomb Group of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), was believed to have been lost—with its nine-man crew—in the Mediterranean Sea while returning to its base in Libya following a bombing raid on Naples on April 4, 1943.
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models designated as various LB-30s, in the Land Bomber design category.
"Little Eva" was a USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator which crashed north-west of Burketown, Queensland (near the Gulf of Carpentaria) on 2 December 1942.The aircraft was returning from a bombing mission when its crew became lost.
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Consolidated B-24 Liberator" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Freckleton, England, Air Disaster: The B-24 Crash that Killed 38 Preschoolers and 23 Adults. August 23, 1944. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Publishing. ISBN 978-0-786-47841-5; Holmes, Harry (1998). The World's Greatest Air Depot: The US 8th Air Force at Warton 1942-1945. Lancaster: Airlife. ISBN 978-1-853-10969-0. Procter, Angela (2023).
Hot Stuff is the name of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 41-23728, of the 8th Air Force that was used in World War II. It was the first heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force to complete twenty-five missions in Europe in World War II. It flew several more missions, and finally the crew was scheduled to return home and help sell war bonds.
On the afternoon of August 24, 1944, an American B-24J-135-CO Liberator bomber, serial number 42-11107 and nicknamed Wham!Bam! Thank You Ma'am, commanded by 2nd Lt. Norman J. Rogers Jr, was seriously damaged by German antiaircraft fire while taking part in an attack on an airfield in Hanover and the entire crew bailed out near Hutterup.