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Bomber Aircraft: Consolidated B-24 Liberator
At the onset of World War II in the late 1930s, the US Army Air Corps was about to enter war and requested a long-range heavy ...
Bob Lick, who lives in De Pere, was a waist-gunner in a B-24 Liberator and flew perilous missions over Germany.
After training as a gunner, Lick served in the 722nd Bomb Squadron, a unit of the 15th Air Force. He and his fellow crew members flew in a B-24 Liberator, a heavy bomber, out of Manduria ...
Designed as a replacement bomber for the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator, the Superfortress was built to last in the Pacific Theatre. As tensions between Japan and the U.S. were heating up ...
"But growing up in Newfoundland, I never thought there'd be any World War II things here, but Gander is surrounded by it." On Sept. 4, 1943, the Royal Canadian Air Force's B-24 liberator bomber was ...
A day after Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) announced her candidacy to run for governor of New Jersey, she shared details about herself on X to New Jersey voters. One of her posts was likely meant to ...
On the early morning hours of February 18th, 1944, the “Getaway Gertie” a B-24 Liberator Bomber, disappeared somewhere over the waters of Lake Ontario. A massive search ensued for the plane ...
On Sept. 4, 1943, the Royal Canadian Air Force's B-24 liberator bomber was carrying a crew of four when it ran into problems just after takeoff, crashing into the nearby lake. J.M. Young ...