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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.
English: B-24 Liberator Through flak and over the destruction created by preceding waves of bombers, these 15th Air Force B-24s leave Ploesti, Rumania, after one of the long series of attacks against the No. 1 oil target in Europe.
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.
Consolidated B-24 Liberator ©Angel Di Bilio / iStock Editorial via Getty Images. Number produced: 18,482. Country of origin: United States. Year entered service: 1941. Notably used during: World ...
The B-24D on display flew combat missions from North Africa in 1943–1944, and was eventually sent to storage after the war to Davis-Monthan Field, Arizona. In 1959 the aircraft was taken out of storage and flown to the museum for restoration and display. It was the last B-24 flight made by the USAF. Indoor display of above aircraft.
English: On June 16, 1944 four waves of B-24 Liberator bombers of 98th, 376th, 449th and 450th Bombardment Group of Fifteenth Air Force (overall 158 planes) attacked Apollo refinery, winter docks and Stefanik's bridge across the Danube river in Bratislava, Slovakia.
©Hulton Archive / Archive Photos via Getty Images. WWII production count: 14,686. ... Consolidated B-24 Liberator ©Angel Di Bilio / iStock Editorial via Getty Images. WWII production count: 18,190.
English: Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943-1945. A mixed service and civilian crew of No. 45 Group RAF leave their Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI on arriving at Celone, Italy, after a ferry flight from Canada.