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Although often overshadowed by the B17 Flying Fortress, the B24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US military aircraft and served with distinction in both war and peace. The first B24 Liberator made its maiden flight on 29 December 1939.
Designed by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation to rival the Boeing B17, the type proved an outstanding success, with 18500 aircraft being built by Consolidated, Douglas, North American and Ford between 1940 and 1945.
1900 B24s were supplied to the Royal Air Force. Liberators were used by RAF bomber squadrons in the Middle East, and from January 1944 became the principle RAF strategic bomber in the Far East. Liberators were also deployed by RAF Coastal Command, playing a key role in the war against Germany's submarine fleet. Liberators also saw service as transports; indeed, (AL504 Commando) became the personal aircraft of Prime Minister Winston Churchill for a short time.
Liberators continued in use until December 1968 when the Indian Air Force retired its former RAF machines.
Six from the first batch for the UK were directed to British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) for use in the North Atlantic Return Ferry Service. During WWII, Captain D.C.T. Bennett known as Pathfinder Bennett, flew the first crossing on 14 May 1941 taking 14½ hours. The thousandth crossing of the Atlantic took place in September 1944. |
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In part 3 of 4, we take off. We talk with a WASP, Julie Stege.
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In part 4 of 4, we land and get an interview with the pilot, Caroline Collings. Also a nice view of the Chicago skyline
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Clips of B-24 bomber assault on the Ploesti oil refinery in Nazi-occupied Romania during WW2. Scenes taken from the 1970s-era TV series "WWII:GI Diary".... The first part of the video is of "Operation Tidal Wave" when long-range B-24 Liberator bombers took off from desert bases in North Africa to hit the refineries--a very costly raid in both aircraft and lives. The later assaults shown were flown by both B-17 and B-24 bombers out of bases in Italy. Quite a bit of video footage from captured German gun cameras showing deadly attacks on American bombers. NOTE: Clips are not ALL from the Ploesti raid--some are clearly from other time periods in WW2 (typical of older documentaries which assembled footage from various sources). Also, this was cut down to fit into the Youtube 10-minute video limit. |
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In part 1 of 4, we interview Rob Collings and view a landing.
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B-24 Liberator flying around Bubank Airport |
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In part 2 of 4, pilot John Bostick takes us on a walk around of the airplane. We also get a good look in the cockpit.
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Discovery Channel "Great planes" series documentary. Part 2 of 6. |
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Discovery Channel "Great planes" series documentary. Part 4 of 6. |
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B-24 liberator restoration, a walk around tour of this famous aircraft great source of referance. |
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Flight of my 1/12 scale B-24 modeled after Old Iron Sides of the 90th BG 320th Sq.
20 lbs
AXI 2820/12 outrunner motors (x4)
Castle creations 45a ESC's (x4)
Polyquest 4ah, 3s Lipo (x4)
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Discovery Channel "Great planes" series documentary. Part 5 of 6. |
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Discovery Channel "Great planes" series documentary. Part 6 of 6. |
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Collings Foundation allows you to go around, under and through their B-24, and you can touch and smell it too. I can't tell you how important this experience was to me - to see a B-24 just like my Dad flew. |
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WW2 Aleutian islands mission. B-24 crews take off from Adak station to bomb Japanese held Kiska. |
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fragments d'épaves du b24"ophelia bumb" crashé à agay après sa destruction par la flak du cap roux, débris de carlinque , on aperçoit encore un parachute coincé. cette épave est un lieu de souvenir où repose une partie de l'équipage!. |
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A view of a bomber crew in WWII. The plane, Tin Yan Ty Foon was lost in March 1945. |
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Part of a maximum-effort Group mission, B-24 Liberators of the 493rd Bomb Squadron, 7th Bomb Group, 10th Air Force, fly from India to Burma on January 18, 1945, to attack Thedaw Airfield. Mission involved all four 7th Group squadrons, two RAF Liberator squadrons, and a fighter escort. Shown are 493rd B-24s crossing the Burma coast, Irrawaddy River and mountains, No. 41 with open bomb bays dropping its bomb load, hits and smoke on the airstrip, B-24s over the scene, more drops and hits. Photography by 10th AAF Combat Camera Unit. Source: Record Group 18, CS 3037, National Archives II. Copy is from original film converted to VHS then to VCD. |
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Maiden flight of a Don Smith B-24 Liberator. Built by Dick Fischer and flown by Boli Muentes |
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For my 50th birthday, I took a ride in the Collings Foundation B-24 Liberator, which is similar to the one flown by my Uncle Walt during the war.
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Savannah, GA-based television news reporter takes us flying with a World War II veteran pilot as he takes the controls of a B-24 Liberator for the first time in more than fifty years. |
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Hey, not all airplanes last forever. Here's Heart-breaking video of a beautiful, giant-scale B-24 entering an uncommanded bank and crashing. |
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This B-24 Liberator, called "Witchcraft", prepares to leave Seattle's Boeing Field after a weekend of flying over Seattle. |
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Ed Zaluski of Cicero, NY talks about fighting in World War II as a flight engineer/top turret gunner in a B-24 Liberator. He entered the service when he was 18 and completed 30 missions in the Pacific. He was there at war's end when the U.S. dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan. Visit http://www.syracuse.com for more news and multimedia. |
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Air show footage of a B-24 "Diamond Li'l" It was the first time I saw one fly and it was thrilling. |
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Footage from a flight taken in a B-24 Liberator. |
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B-24 "Liberator" (Witchcraft") landing at Chester County (PA) Airport. USA. Coatesville, PA |
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My friend in a B24 "Liberator", even more cramped than the B-17 interior. |
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More Cosford 1992 footage this time a very rare apperance by B-24 Liberator Diamond Lil which had flown from the Commemorative Air Force based at Midland International Airport Midland Texas for a few of the 1992 airshows in the uk. The footage is taken from outside Cosford as we were still waiting to get on to the airfield after the airshow had started. |
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Riding in the Collings Foundation B24 Liberator bomber April 4, 2007 |
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Filmato dedicato all'equipaggio del bombardiere B24 pilotato dal Col. Darr H. Alkire, precipitato il 31 Gennaio 1944 al largo di Cervia |
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2008-04-26 B-24 Liberator Taking Off Palomar airport |
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A flight aboard the Collings Foundation's B-24 Liberator "Witchcraft." USMC Photographic Squadrons VMD-154 & 254 also flew them under the designation PB4Y-1 to map the islands of the South Pacific after Pearl Harbor.
For more information on this aircraft, see:
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Most people immediately think B-17 when they hear someone mention a WWII heavy bomber. But actually it was the B-24 that to me was the real workhorse! It was produced in greater numbers than any other American combat aircraft of World War II and still holds the record as the most produced U.S. military aircraft. And it wasn't only used by the Americans but by many other allied air forces! It was faster than the B-17. Had a longer range while it would still carry a similar payload to that of the B-17. However it was a vulnerable plane and easily caught fire!
I'm reliving a neat bit of history thanks to AlphaSim. I hope you'll enjoy this video of their Liberator. They covered the D G and J models.
And please, this is youtube. Unfortunately the video size and compression methods aren't good enough to fully capture the beauty of this plane. If you want to see the HQ video then please visit my site. |
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2008-04-26 B-24 Liberator Takeoff Palomar airport |
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About B24 Liberator EW-161 "M" , 31 Squadron SAAF |
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Film o załodze Liberatora EW-161 "M" z 31 Dywizjonu SAAF |
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A B-24 Liberator, part of the Wings of Freedom Tour, taxis to a parking spot at Palwaukee in Wheeling, IL. For more on this flight visit MyFlightBlog.com |
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2008-04-26 B-24 Liberator Landing Palomar airport |
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B-24 Liberator heavy bombers of the 9th and 493rd Bomb Squadrons, 7th Bomb Group, 10th Air Force, prepare for takeoff from Pandaveswar Army Air Base, India, early on the morning of January 23, 1945. Shown taking off are the lead planes of each squadron, No. 27 and No. 50; No. 23 follows 27. Good views of each squadron's tail pattern. Objective was the great steel bridge at Kanchanaburi, Thailand, part of the infamous, prisoner-built Burma-Siam Railway. (The bridge's neighboring wooden bypass structure is sometimes mistakenly identified with the fictional "Bridge over the River Kwai.") Bad weather forced all bombers to turn back except No. 24, though its bombs missed the target! Photography by 10th AAF Combat Camera Unit. Source: Record Group 18, CS 3117, National Archives II. Copy is from original film converted to VHS then to VCD. |
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Varsovia uprising museum B-24 Liberator |
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21 September 2007 - MHT to BVY - Collingsfoundation.org B-24 "WitchCraft" |
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B-24 Liberator bombers of the 7th Bomb Group, 10th Air Force, en route from their India base to attack enemy targets in Burma in October of 1943. Photography by 10th AAF Combat Camera Unit. Source: Record Group 18, CS 643, National Archives II. Copy from original film converted to VHS then to VCD. |
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The most costly attack of US Airforce in WWII.
Although we considered the americans from the very beginning of their history our friends, we had to fight against them in WWII (jun1941-aug1944 - german alliance) when they wanted to bomb our rafineries.
Of the 177 bombers (B 24 Liberator) that took part in the mission 54 were lost, a further 53 planes were heavily damaged.
The aircraft took off individually between 10:30 and 11:00 pm on June 11th, arriving over the target at dawn the following day. Ten bombers hit the Astra refinery at Ploesti, one B-24 attacked the port area of Constanta, the remaining two B-24s struck unidentified targets. Three ended up interned in Turkey, the rest manage to reach friendly bases in Iraq. Damage turned out to be minimal but the mission was considered a success.
Because of the bravery of the Romanian Airforce., no air attack was made for 1 year. IAR-80 was the main romanian fighter aircraft that distroyed two thirds of B24.
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All the POW s were exceptionally treated and in aug 44 they returned home.
Right now we are the closest friend of the USA in EU. Our army is fighting shoulder to shoulder with US Army in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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MS Flightsimulator 2004 Addon -
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a minute long clip of a walk around a WWII B-24 Liberator called Witchcraft at the Wings Over Gillespie airshow in El Cajon on April 22. |
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Photos taken from a B-24 Liberator ("Witchcraft") on a flight from Aurora to Astoria, OR |
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1/12th scale electric B-24 Liberator 5th flight. |
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The Consolidated B-24 at Dallas Love Field |
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A collection of airshow video of Warbirds flying set to 1940's music "One O'Clock Jump." Features bombers and transports such as the B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, B-25 Mitchell, C-47, PBY Flying Boat, and TBM Avenger. Footage recorded from various airshows such as Thunder over Michigan, Geneseo, Reading WWII Weekend, Willow Grove, PA and Millville, NJ. |
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Take off roll of the last flying B-24J |
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B-24 Liberator rolls off San Diego Consolidated "San Diego, CA: Off the assembly line comes the 5,000th B-24 to go to war. The famed bomber, nicknamed the Liberator, is ready to be off to the wars and further victories for the plane."
2) First Movies Of Gen. Tito Of Yugoslavia "Somewhere in Yugoslavia: For the first time, Marshall Tito is photographed by the motion picture camera. His Partisans have been a thorn in the Nazis' side since the day the Germans over ran the country." (partial newsreel) |
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Raw footage of two vintage warbirds - a B- | |
