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B-24s under construction at Willow Run. Willow Run, also known as Air Force Plant 31, was a manufacturing complex in Michigan, United States, located between Ypsilanti Township and Belleville, built by the Ford Motor Company to manufacture aircraft, especially the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. [1]
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models designated as various LB-30s, in the Land Bomber design category.
Built at Ford Willow Run as B-24M-20-FO. Assigned to Wright Aeronautical Development Center for ice research. It was retired in 1953 as the last B-24 Liberator in USAF service. The aircraft was moved to Lackland AFB Museum in Texas for display in 1956. Acquired by IWM in 1999 in exchange for several other aircraft. Wears livery of 44-50493 "Dugan.
The Model 32, which would become the B-24 Liberator, first flew on 29 December 1939. The same basic wing would also be selected for the Consolidated B-32 Dominator. However, the wing was thinner than on the B-17 Flying Fortress and many Consolidated B-24 Liberator units suffered heavily, as wings would often give out and snap off when hit by ...
Black Cat was a Consolidated B-24J-1-FO Liberator [note 1] aircraft and the last American bomber to be shot down over Germany in World War II. [2] It was one of thousands of B-24s produced by the Ford Motor Company at its Willow Run production plant.
R-1830 Twin Wasp R-1830 on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Type Radial engine National origin United States Manufacturer Pratt & Whitney First run 1932 Major applications Consolidated B-24 Liberator Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas DC-3 Grumman F4F Wildcat Consolidated PBY Catalina Douglas TBD Devastator Short Sunderland Vickers Wellington Number built 173,618 Variants Pratt & Whitney ...
It trained as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit, and deployed with its planes to the European Theater of Operations, entering combat in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany on 7 May 1944. In July 1944, the squadron converted to Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, continuing combat with the 486th Bombardment Group until April 1945
The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is an American World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.The Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modifications as the PB4Y-1 Liberator, and along with maritime patrol Liberators used by RAF Coastal Command, this type of patrol plane was proven successful.