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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
In time, the Liberator would become the most widely produced American heavy bomber ... ball turret, and a tail gunner). Additionally, there were several adaptations of the B-24 pressed into ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner3y
History reclaimed from the tundra: Retired aviator uses his know-how to rebuild a WWII-era tail gun turret
Kris Capps, [email protected] Apr 18, 2021 Apr 18, 2021 Updated Apr 19, 2021 In February 1943, a WWII B-24 Liberator Bomber crashed 30 miles south of Fairbanks, killing all seven crew members ...
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78 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight - here's how it helped bring down the Nazis
The Ford team found it would need 5 miles of wire, cut into almost 3,000 pieces ranging in length from 8 inches to 32 feet, for a B-24. The ... with a four-engine Liberator bomber was like ...