Hobby Master Archive

B-24

The B-24 was the most produced American bomber in WWII. The demand was so great that Consolidated was unable to keep up so contracts were awarded to Douglas, Ford and North American. The D variant became the most numerous with 2,698. The design of the B-24 allowed it to carry the same payload as the Boeing B-17 and do it faster and further. Compared to the sleek look of the B-17 the B-24 looked awkward and B-17 crews referred to it as “the crate the B-17 was shipped in”.

B-24D Liberator 98th Bomb Group, 343rd Bomb Sqn., (Y : Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), 1943

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B-24D Liberator "Lady Be Good" 514th Bomb Squadron, 376th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force, 1943

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B-24D Liberator "41-23689" assembly ship for the 392nd BG, Wendling, Jan 1944

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PB4Y-1 Liberator BuNo. 32052, VPB-107, Natal, Brazil, early 1943

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PBY-1 Liberator "Subduer" BuNo 32057, VB-107 Natal, Brazil early 1943

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B-24D Liberator "SCREAMIN' MIMI" 42-40997, 565th BS, 389th BG, Norfolk, UK, 1943

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B-24D Liberator "She'Asta" 530th, 380th BG, 5th Air Force, 1943

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