Flying in a B-24 Liberator Was Risky Business. While the plane became the most produced bomber aircraft in the war, it wasn’t without some bitter consequences for those who flew in them.

B-24 Liberator Bomber Explained . She wasn’t as beloved as the B-17 Flying Fortress, and she didn’t make the literally earth-shattering history of the B-29 Superfortress.. But nonetheless, the ...

The B-24 team will depart from Dayton, Ohio, today and should arrive at the air show an hour and a half later. Originally Published: July 26, 1990 at 4:00 AM EDT Share this: ...

My father flew a B-17 Flying Fortress during WWII. Now it's my turn. By Josh Max ... But one thing I did know was that my dad flew two different types of planes—a B-24 and a B-17 Flying Fortress.

A Consolidated B-24 Liberator is polished up after flying in as part of the Wings of Freedom Tour. The World War II aircraft was opened up for the public to explore on Wednesday at the Lyon Air ...

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 ...

So is he excited about flying in a B-24 for the first time since 1945? “It’s not like when you’re on your first date and you’re all excited,” Ray says. His wife passed away a few years ago.

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 … ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse heavy bomber employed by the United States and one of the most legendary planes of World War II.The bomber entered service in the 1930s and continued ...

The B-52 is a strategic bomber and has plenty of stats to back that up. It can carry a payload of 70,000 lbs. while flying up to Mach 0.84 (650 mph) with an unrefueled combat range of 8,800 miles.