the B-24 could still carry a larger bomb load over further distances and while flying faster than the B-17. The most widely produced variant of the Liberator, the B-24J, would carry a crew of 11 ...

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 ... a bombardier on a Liberator. Airstrikes continued over the next few ...

B-24 argument was that the Liberator had a reputation for being more difficult to fly and taxi. What's more, it lacked the Flying Fortress's ability to absorb brutal punishment and still return ...

The B-24 Liberator was the most produced US aircraft ... so secret that the airmen themselves rarely knew where they were flying, what they were carrying, or to whom they were delivering agents ...