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	C-87 Liberator Express - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The C-87 Liberator Express was a transport derivative of the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/C-87_Liberator_Express (119 words)

	B-24 Liberator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Liberator B Mk III - B-24D variant with single.303 Browning machine gun in the nose, two in each beam position, and four in a Boulton Paul tail turret similar to that on the Lanchaster, as well as, other British equipment.
		Liberator GR Mk VIII - B-24J modified by RAF Coastal Command for the anti-submarine role.
		Liberator production increased at an astonishing rate through 1942 and 1943: Consolidated had tripled the size of their plant at San Diego and built a large new plant outside Fort Worth, Texas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/B-24_Liberator (3417 words)

	Liberator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The World War II heavy bomber, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
		Liberator, the heroes' fictional spacecraft in the first three seasons of the TV series Blake's 7.
		Liberator, a magazine of radical liberalism associated with the Liberal Democrats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberator (217 words)

	b24.htm
		The Liberator III and IIIA were based on the B-24D, the Liberator IV was derived from the B-24E, and the Liberator V was a conversion of the B-24G.
		Twenty were taken by Coastal Command as the Liberator I. These were very early B-24s with armor, extra machine guns, and self-sealing fuel tanks added.
		Liberators were also operated by the RAAF (in the Pacific), the South African Air Force (over Southern Europe), the Dutch Air Force (in the Pacific), and by India and France post-war.
	uboat.net /allies/aircraft/b24.htm (2068 words)

	The Siege of Ploiesti
		By flying in and around the Liberator, Rogers reasoned that this bomber was adequately proportioned to carry a turret in the nose instead of a single hand held.50 caliber browning machine gun.
		Bob Thompson, one of the leaders of this RAAF Restoration Group and a former Liberator Engineer/gunner in the RAAF had researched the events leading to the use of the Emerson Nose Turret in the Liberator.
		It was assumed that the continuous pounding of the.50 caliber guns caused structural damage to the extent that it was blamed for the liberator's destruction and the loss of lives.
	www.ploiesti.net /page11.html (1724 words)

	Consolidated B-24 Liberator - heavy bomber
		In any case the Liberator's superior range meant that the B-24 supplanted the Fortress in the maritime patrol role in the European theatre of war as well as in the Pacific.
		The RAF Liberator II (equivalent to the US Army Air Corps' Liberator B-24C) introduced powered gun-turrets and served as a bomber in the Middle East.
		Improvements in defensive armament produced the RAF Liberator I, which was employed by RAF Coastal Command with ASV radar and a fixed battery of 20mm cannon.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/odyssey/B-24.htm (687 words)

	Consolidated B-24 Liberator - USA
		Liberators also found their way into the United States Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the armed forces of other countries.
		After the war the Liberator continued to serve with the United States forces, notably as an air rescue and weather reconnaissance aircraft with the Coast Guard in the 1950s.
		Incredibly, Liberators are recorded as having dropped over 630,000 tons of bombs, while several thousand enemy aircraft fell to their guns.
	www.aviation-history.com /consolidated/b24.html (1538 words)

	Chief Aircraft Inc - Model Airplanes - Display Models - Franklin Mint - B-24 Liberator - The Dragon and His Tail
		The B-24 Liberator came to life on December 29, 1939 as an answer to the United States Army Air Corps request for a heavy bomber that would exceed the performance of the B-17 bomber.
		With over one hundred modifications and conversions, the B-24 Liberator was used for numerous other assignments including photography, cargo-hauling, maritime patrol, reconnaissance missions and personnel transport.
		Over 18,000 Liberators were produced for use in World War II, making it the most heavily produced American aircraft of the time.
	www.chiefaircraft.com /cgi-bin/rcm/hazel.cgi?action=SERVE&item=/Models/DisplayModels/FranklinMint/DragonandTail.html (198 words)

	Requiem For a Heavyweight: B-24
		Since the 24 was faster than the B-17, the crews enjoyed the luxury of a little more sleep than the Fort crews, for they had to get off earlier than the B-24 crews in order to maintain position in the bomber stream.
		The Liberator's nose came up, full rudders were applied by the autopilot, the airplane stalled and fell off into a spin - all in about the time it takes to read this.
		The old B- 24E observed all of the aerodynamic rules that he had been taught in flight school and recovered from the spin in about two turns.
	members.aol.com /dheitm8612/requiem.htm (8092 words)

	Discovery Channel-Great Planes: Consolidated B-24 Liberator (1988)
		At the time, the B-24 Liberator was the only aircraft that could fly the North Atlantic non-stop and the BOAC aircraft were used to ferry the pilots back to the United States after delivering aircraft to England.
		They had things pretty much their own way until the Liberator arrived as there was an effective gap of 300 miles in the North Atlantic that could not be covered by aircraft patrols.
		The Liberators returned in 1942 and spent the rest of the war in that vital anti-submarine role.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=3494&SID=2&PID=221652 (2000 words)

	B-24 Liberator
		In the end, though, the Liberator proved to be very effective at getting bombs on the target despite the demands on her crew, and 18,188 of the type, in all variants, were built.
		In the end, the Liberator proved difficult to fly, only marginally stable, and was often flown at maximum overload weights which greatly exacerbated these traits.
		The Davis wing itself has since been shown to be no better and perhaps worse than other alternatives available at the time, but the science of designing and testing airfoils was in its infancy at the time and the pressures of a war on surely contributed to the decision to use it.
	www.shockwaveproductions.com /wingsofpower/manual/b24.htm (1707 words)

	The B-24 Liberator Bomber
		B-24 Liberators are credited with 70 U-Boats sunk during the Battle of the Atlantic.
		The B-24 Liberator could carry the same bomb load as the B-17, but at a faster speed, higher ceiling, and longer range.
		Produced in greater numbers than any other aircraft in the United States during WWII, the B-24 Liberator Bomber was an improvement on the B-17.
	members.cox.net /consolidated_aircraft/Hangar/Bombers/b24liberator.htm (69 words)

	Under the Southern Cross - The B-24 Liberator in the South Pacific by Bob Livingstone
		The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is not generally credited with much association with Australia, yet hundreds of Australians served on the type with RAAF Squadrons in bombing, maritime patrol and transport roles, and many others served with US Army Air Force B-24 units operating from northern Australia.
		RAAF use of the Liberator can be divided into three broad categories: early model B-24s supplied as theatre transfers from US combat groups, late model supplied new by the USAAF, and a unique LB-30 which a RAAF squadron "Acquired" from the Americans.
		The Liberator's Australian association is diverse, from front line heavy bomber to hot chip shop, and most recently, as the focus for the efforts of a group of ex-RAAF Liberator aircrew to restore the sole remaining RAAF airframe for public display.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/books/utsc.htm (299 words)

	B-24 Liberator Crash Sites
		This aircraft is believed to be a Consolidated B-24D Liberator due to the fact that it crashed near several other B-24D Liberators of the same or near serial number.
		This Consolidated B-24D Liberator was found on the Wailua Suger Cane Plantation fields near Waimea Falls, 1994, in Hawaii.
		This Consolidated B-24J Liberator was found near Wheeler Army Air Force Base, January 1996, in Hawaii.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/6897/aircraft.html (542 words)

	B 24 Liberator directory - Spotter-Cards.com
		the method we've chosen, as is used on this B 24 Liberator topic area, is to present lists of links at the top of the page in handy "title only" form, while providing additional commentary for those who desire it, as footnotes.
		The Consolidated B 24 Liberator was produced in greater numbers than any..Find thousands of free online definitions and reference guides at TheFreeDictionary.com.
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	www.spotter-cards.com /airplanes-of-world-war-2/b-24-liberator.php (443 words)

	B-24 Liberator
		B-24 Liberator Units of the Fifteenth Air Force (Osprey Combat Aircraft 21) by Robert F. Dorr, includes an excellent illustrated writeup of the Ploesti mission, even though it was carried out by the Ninth Air Force (the Fifteenth AF did not come into existence until November, 1943.)
		With the Liberator's 2400-mile range, they were able to patrol for out into the Atlantic.
		B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force (Osprey Combat Aircraft 15) by Robert F. Dorr, tells their stories.
	www.acepilots.com /planes/b24.html (3920 words)

	The B-24 at war for Australia
		One of the two 24 Squadron RAAF Liberators lost in the mission is shown here, on fire from the front to almost the tail of the aircraft.
		B-24L Liberator A72-84 GR-D "Cock of the North", of 24 Squadron RAAF, late 1944.
		B-24M Liberator A72-146 of 7 OTU and a P-40 Kittyhawk practice fighter affiliation over Tacoma N.S.W during 1945*.
	www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/statuepark/620/liberator.html (452 words)

	B24.NET - WWII B24 Liberator Bombers
		The accomplishments of the Liberator were in proportion to its astronomic quantities; and, particularly in the matter of range, which to some degree stemmed from its having an unusually efficient wing, the Liberator gave the Allies capabilities they would not otherwise have possessed.
		Although primarily a heavy bomber, the Liberator was also a very effective fighter (in that it shot down something like 2,600 enemy aircraft), the leading Allied oceanic patrol and anti-submarine aircraft, and the leading Allied long-range cargo transport.
		Early in the war the first Liberators, in RAF markings, were the first aircraft in history to make North Atlantic crossings a matter of everyday routine.
	www.b24.net /aircraft.htm (3250 words)

	Willow Run B-24 Liberator plant
		The length of the B-24 Liberator was 66' 4", it was 17' 11" high and it had a wingspan of 110'.
		The B-24 liberator had a range of 2,300 miles, had a cruise speed of 200 mph and a maximum speed of 303 mph.
		The liberator had a service ceiling of 32,000 feet.
	www.yellowairplane.com /Book_Reviews/Warren_Benjamin_Kidder/WillowRun_PG3.html (735 words)

	B-24 Liberator
		The common perception of the Liberator initially was that it was less durable than the well liked B-17 Flying Fortress.
		In fact, the Liberator was superior to the B-17 in terms of speed, range and bomb load.
		The F7 was a modified B-24 for photo reconnaissance.The initial batch of F7A's had all been B 24Js, which left the Consolidated factory at Fort Worth, Texas, and proceeded to the Northwest Airlines modification center at Holman Field, Saint Paul, Minnesota for conversion to F-7A specifications.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /resources/tech/aircraft/liberator.html (237 words)

	Indian Air Force - Liberators [Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava]
		Senior IAF officers remembered that a large number of Consolidated B-24 Liberators had been abandoned in the scrap yard at Chakeri airfield, Kanpur, at the end of World War II.
		The Liberators were too big to be transported by the road or rail links of the time, so the only way was to fly them.
		A Liberator Express of 102 Survey Flight was launched, on the day of Hillary and Tenzing's summit attempt, with several press photographers on board.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /IAF/History/Aircraft/Liberator.html (2925 words)

	The B-24 LIBERATOR
		The Liberator's superior range meant that the B-24 supplanted the Fortress in the maritime patrol role in both the European and Pacific theatres of war.
		“Liberator” was the name given to a weapon of war called the B-24 bomber.
		The Liberator was not as stable as the B-17 and could not fly in tight formations.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/chat/721564/posts (1403 words)

	U.S. 93rd Bomb Group: The Traveling Circus
		Because the B-24s were so much faster, the Liberator pilots were forced to fly at reduced airspeeds and do a lot of jockeying to maintain the precise formations called for by Eighth Air Force policy.
		The Liberator's gunners managed to shoot down two of the enemy fighter-bombers and damage a third--the other two broke off their attack.
		When the Tidal Wave survivors got back to their bases in Libya, 11 of the 93rd Liberators were missing--almost one-third of those dispatched from the group had failed to return.
	www.thehistorynet.com /wwii/blthetravelingcircus (3301 words)

	Amazon.ca: B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force: Books
		Always seemingly in the shadow of the more popular B-17 Flying Fortress, the Liberator was used in 19 heavy bomb groups in England alone and when combined with the bomb groups that flew from the Mediterranean accounted for close to 227,000 sorties.
		Adding to the readability of the book, is the author's careful weaving of the stories of the young men who flew the Liberator during those horrible times when flak was thick and the future of the young crews anything but secure.
		The first raid undertaken by the Liberator occurred on 9 October 1942 when the 93rd Bomb Group (BG) attacked Lille, in France.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1855329018 (582 words)

	16 November 1942 - Crash of a B-24 Liberator at Iron Range, 4 aircraft destroyed, 11 men killed
		A USAAF B-24 Liberator piloted by Lt. Paul Larson of the 400th Squadron of the 90th Bombardment Group crashed during take-off for a bombing mission out of Iron Range's "Gordon" air strip.
		The eleventh B-24 in line veered off the runway into two parked B-24 Liberators and a B-17 Flying Fortress.
		Aircraft of the 90th Bomb Group were taking off at night from Iron Range for their first bombing raid on Rabaul.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/20nov42.htm (844 words)

	The Collings Foundation
		In 1989, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the the first flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, General Dynamics published a book entitled Liberator, Consolidated Vultee which features the Collings Foundation B-24 and traces the development of the Liberator.
		The Collings Foundation maintains a flying B-24 J Liberator which tours the country every year.
		You can actually purchase a ride on this fine peice of history, or, for a nominal fee, tour the aircraft on the ground.
	users.rlc.net /catfish/liberatorcrew/06_B-24_Collings.htm (263 words)

	B-24 LIBERATOR
		That early in the war, the U-boats threatened to strangle England, but the Liberator sub hunters proved to be quite effective with none more so than AM929, which scored two kills and damaged numerous other subs.
		Robert Cardenas' Liberator managed to limp into Switzerland but barely made the German side of the lake when he had to bail out.
		The average age of a bomber crew was barely more than 20 years old with the occasional pilot being 22 or 24.
	www.flightjournal.com /fj/store/viewissue.asp?issueid=b24l (764 words)

	Consolidated LB-30 Liberator
		esigned as a bomber with a longer range and heavier bomb load than the Boeing B-17, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator was one of the principal U.S. heavy bombers of the Second World War.
		The CAF Liberator is one of these very early LB-30s, the eighteenth off the production line, which due to an operational accident while being delivered to Britain, never made it across the Atlantic, staying in North American.
		Due to their long range and capacious fuselage, some LB-30s and other early B-24s were converted to high-priority transports and used to ferry pilots and other important passengers and cargo across the Atlantic between the U.S. and Britain.
	rwebs.net /ghostsqd/LB-30.htm (348 words)

	Liberator - USAF Museum - Bomber Aircraft Virtual Gallery - 1930s Development
		With over 18000 aircraft built the Consolidated B-24 Liberator was produced The Liberator gained a distinguished war record with its operations in the
		The Liberator is an e-zine that provides a freedom of speech forum for iconoclastic thinkers.
		A forum for debate among radical liberals in all parties and none.
	flogging-molly.easylookfor.com /elf/flogging-molly-liberator.htm (218 words)

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