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Consolidated B-32 Dominator. 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.
The Commemorative Air Force(CAF), formerly known as the Confederate Air Force,[1]is an American non-profit organizationbased in Dallas, Texas, that preserves and shows historical aircraft at airshows, primarily in the U.S. and Canada. The CAF has about 13,000 members, more than 70 chapters, and more than 170 aircraft,[2]including the world's ...
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and other allied air forces during World War II. Of the 19,256 B-24, PB4Y-1, LB-30 and other model variants in the Liberator family produced, thirteen complete examples survive today, two of which are airworthy. Eight of ...
Commemorative Air Force’s B-24 Liberator owned by the Commemorative Air Force makes an appearance at the Air Power Expo NAS Fort Worth JRB in this 2011 file photo.
17 February 1943. B-24D-53-CO, 42-40355, c/n 1432, crashed at Tucson Municipal AirportNo. 2, Tucson, Arizona.[12] Of the 34 on board, 6 Consolidated Aircraftemployees riding as passengers were killed and several others were injured. The damaged airframe was subsequently modified into the first C-87 Liberator Express.
After the war Liberators were replaced in 1948 by Avro Lincolns. About 287 Liberators (B-24D, B-24J, B-24L and the B-24M models) eventually served in RAAF bomber squadrons. It was the only heavy bomber used in the Pacific by the RAAF and they operated from Australia, Morotai (East Indies) and Palawan (Philippines).
Crashed May 3, 1943. Hot Stuff is the nickname of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 41-23728, of the 8th Air Force that was used in World War II. It was the first heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force to complete twenty-five missions in Europe in World War II. The aircraft crashed in Iceland en route to the USA while carrying Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews.
Precise cause unknown. On 23 August 1944, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Consolidated B-24 Liberator crashed during a test flight into the centre of the village of Freckleton, Lancashire, England, killing all three crewmen aboard the aircraft and 58 individuals on the ground, including 38 children aged four to six.