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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
On this day in aviation history, December 29, 1939, the first prototype of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator made its first flight. In time, the Liberator would become the most widely produced ...
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78 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight - here's how it helped bring down the Nazis
Depending on the model, the B-24 was manned by a crew of between ... "The Arsenal of Democracy" "To compare a Ford V8 with a four-engine Liberator bomber was like matching a garage with a ...
'They finally gave us closure': WWII sergeant's remains coming home 80 years after death
Scientists studied genetic material called mitochondrial DNA. In September 2023, they officially concluded the remains were ...
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Was the B-24 bomber the best bomber in all of World War II? What about the B-17 or B-29? Here is the story of the B-24, in all of its ...
York WWII vet, 100, to finally get his Purple Heart 80 years after his plane was shot down
Harold "Bud" Pressel was injured when he bailed from his B-24 after it was struck by flak over enemy lines in 1944. He's ...
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World War II aircraft showcase aviation’s storied past
Consolidated B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell and North American P-51 Mustang fighter. For the price of admission, visitors can explore the aircraft up close, with flights scheduled in the morning ...
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78 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight - here's how it helped bring down the Nazis
"We must be the arsenal of democracy." The B-24 bomber, dubbed the Liberator, would become a mainstay of that arsenal. The hearty bomber saw service in all theaters of the war but played an ...
The National Interest9d
B-24 Liberator
Was the B-24 bomber the best bomber in all of World War II? What about the B-17 or B-29? Here is the story of the B-24, in all of its ...