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5 Fast Facts About The Consolidated B-24 Liberator Heavy Bomber
The B-24 Liberator was used for a variety of purposes during World War II - for bombings, reconnaissance flights, as a long-range transport vehicle, and as a provider of supplies. And it wasn't ...
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78 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight - here's how it helped bring down the Nazis
The B-24 was designed to be the US's fastest heavy ... "We really clobbered them that day," said Bill Harvey, a bombardier on a Liberator. Airstrikes continued over the next few weeks, bookended ...
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B-24 gunner killed during WWII to be buried at Arlington
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on Wednesday that 20-year-old U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sergeant Hubert Yeary ...
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Hornell WW2 soldier's lost plane recovered in the Netherlands. Researchers seek family.
A bomber co-piloted by a Hornell native, shot down in World War II, has been discovered in a lake and researchers want to ...
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Kiwanians celebrate WWII vet Doug Butler as he turns 100
On the eve of his 100th birthday, members of the Kiwanis Club of Winchester showed up en masse Wednesday afternoon to ...
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War Production
The average Ford car had some 15,000 parts. The B-24 Liberator long-range bomber had 1,550,000. One came off the line every 63 minutes. America launched more vessels in 1941 than Japan did in the ...