Tag Archives: liberator

Low Banks Ain’t Healthy

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Good advice from the Consolidated B-24D Liberator Pilot’s Manual.

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B-24D Oxygen System

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Diagram of the B-24D Liberator oxygen system from the B-24D pilot manual.

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B-24 vs. 50 German Fighters

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A story of the durability of the B-24 Liberator, from Informational Intelligence Summary, No. 44-17, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Washington, D.C., May 30, 1944. B-24 vs. 50 GERMAN FIGHTERS The surprising durability of an AAF B-24 on a … Continue reading →

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Eduard Yak-3 and More

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Upcoming WWII kits from Eduard: Liberator B. Mk.VI in CBI: 1/72nd Limited Edition, Kit No. 2110  —  Yak-3: 1/48th Scale, ProfiPack Edition, Kit. No. 8089  —  Fw 190D-9: 1/48 Weekend Edition, Kit No. 84100  

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B-24 Nose Art

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

WWII B-24 Liberator nose art from 864th, 865th, and 866th Bombardment Squadrons of the 494th Bombardment Group and 392nd Bombardment Squadron of the 30th Bombardment Group. Source: U.S. Air Force photographs.

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B-24 from Maxwell Field, Alabama

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A Consolidated B-24 Liberator from the four-engine pilot school of the Eastern Flying Training Command at Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama (now designated Maxwell Air Force Base or Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base). The U.S. Army Air Forces established a specialized … Continue reading →

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B-24 “Tidewater Tillie”

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Captain Jack Shaw and the crew of B-24 “Tidewater Tillie” are congratulated after sinking a German submarine by Brig. General Larson, commanding General of the Antisubmarine Command in England. (U.S. Air Force Photo)  

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B-24: Fools Paradise

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

B-24 Liberator “Fools Paradise” of the 38th Bomb Squadron, 30th Bombardment Group photographed on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands in July 1944.

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B-24D Liberator “Sherazade”

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Pilot and crew in front of the B-24 Liberator “Sherazade” of the 425th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, Fourteenth Air Force in China in WWII. The bomber markings list ten missions with three Japanese fighters shot down and one boat … Continue reading →

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B-24 Liberator “Sabu”

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Elaborate nose art of a flying boxcar on an unknown B-24 Liberator:  

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