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5 Fast Facts About The Consolidated B-24 Liberator Heavy Bomber
B-24 earned the nickname "Flying Coffin" due to design flaws and inferior specifications compared to B-17. Despite shortcomings, the B-24 was the most-produced American wartime aircraft ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
On this day in aviation history, December 29, 1939, the first prototype of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator made its first ...
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78 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight - here's how it helped bring down the Nazis
Flying from Benghazi in the Libyan desert, it would be a round trip of roughly 2,400 miles. The B-24 was the only bomber with the range and firepower to reach Ploesti and take out the facilities ...
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The secret WWII mission that had US bombers flying at treetop height deep inside Nazi-occupied Europe
The B-24 Liberator was the most produced US aircraft ... Their missions were so secret that the airmen themselves rarely knew where they were flying, what they were carrying, or to whom they ...