She isn’t as pretty or as famous as the B-17, but the B-24 carried more bombs to greater distances and at higher speeds, while excelling at jobs the designers never could have imagined. The year was ...

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 World War II glory – The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was a bomber ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — A local veteran recently had the chance to set foot in a B-24 Liberator—the only one that’s still flying. It’s one of the rarest bombers in the world and the type of plane ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The B-24 Liberator was employed in operations in every combat theater during World War II. Because of its great range, it was ...

It was a relatively short plane ride of about an hour and a half from Beverly Airport to Barre/Montpelier, Vt., but for World War II veteran Chet Miller, a member of the 389th Bomb Group based in ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 3, 2013) -- Shortly after take-off from the airbase at Nadzab, New Guinea, May 7, 1944, Army Air Corps pilot 1st Lt. John E. Terpning and his co-pilot 2nd Lt.

A morale problem for B-24 Liberator crews early in World War II was caused by unexplained in-flight explosions with no survivors. To the best of my knowledge, my crew was the first to survive the ...

In 1944, as a 23-year-old flight engineer on a Navy B-24 Liberator, Robert Strong would zip through the bomber during a 16-hour mission in the South Pacific making sure the gunners had ammo and stayed ...

Everyone knows the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter, representing World War II women on the homefront. Waco resident, 92-year-old Louise Woodall was one of millions doing just that back in World War ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Nearly 80 years after a 24-year-old Kalamazoo native was killed in the European Theater, the U.S. Department of Defense now says he's accounted for. U.S. Army Air Force 1st Lt.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The B-24 Liberator was employed in operations in every combat theater during World War II. Because of its great range, it was ...