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78 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight - here's how it helped bring down the Nazis
Some 4,000 feet of rubber and metal tubing coursed through the B-24, shunting fuel and fluids through the aircraft. The B-24 carried 18 rubber fuel cells, 12 in the center wing and three more in ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
The impetus for developing the B-24 came in 1938, when the US Army Air Corps sought asked the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation of San Diego, California, to build the Air Corps’ newest heavy ...
The National Interest6d
Avro Lancaster vs. Halifax: Which was Britain’s Best WWII Heavy Bomber?
The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal ...
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This 100-year-old was a B-24 bomber navigator -- and a Mets’ Veteran of the Game. Meet Preston (Moe) Plumb.
A first lieutenant and navigator of a B-24 bomber in the United States Air Force, Plumb’s a graduate of Syracuse University, where he attended on the GI Bill. He retired from the New York City ...