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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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Tuskegee Airman and Legendary World War II Fighter Pilot Harry Stewart Dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr. would survive World War II as one of only four Tuskegee Airmen with three air-to-air victories in a single ...
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78 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight - here's how it helped bring down the Nazis
Source: Military Factory, "The Arsenal of Democracy" "To compare a Ford V8 with a four-engine Liberator ... US aircraft production numbers intently throughout the war. The first piece of B-24 ...