Consolidated B 24 Liberator

Author : Edward Shacklady
Publisher : Cerberus Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 1841451061

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator by Edward Shacklady Pdf

Although overshadowed, to a large extent, by the B-17 Flying Fortress the B-24 Liberator was made in greater quantity, and used by more Allied air forces on every front of the Second World War. The first operational models were used by the Royal Air Force as a transport on the North Atlantic ferry service. The RAF Liberator I, used both as a bomber in North Africa and as a long-range Coastal Command patroller, had ASV (air-to-surface vessel) radar and four 20mm cannons. Its armament was greatly improved when powered turrets in the tail and mid-upper positions were incorporated into the Liberator II. As a heavy bomber it saw service in the Pacific with the USAAF; in North Africa and Italy with the RAF and USAAF. Specially equipped Liberators were also used to drop agents and equipment in Occupied Europe on behalf of the OSS (Office of Strategic Service), SOE (Special Operations Executive) and SIS (Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6).

Author : Michael O'Leary
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-08
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000112595412

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator by Michael O'Leary Pdf

Commissioned to replace the B-17, when production ended 18,475 Liberators had been made, making it the most produced American aircraft of World War II. This volume features a selection of rare company advertisements as well as detailed appendices of production details.

Author : Frederick A. Johnsen
Publisher : Specialty Press (MN)
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028564446

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator by Frederick A. Johnsen Pdf

One of a series of books designed for the layman which looks at military aircraft that have recently arrived in the marketplace. Special emphasis is placed on the design and performance aspects of the aircraft and detailed technical specifications are included.

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0764356690

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Consolidated B24 by David Doyle Pdf

The B-24 Liberator remains to this day the world's most produced heavy bomber and multi-engine aircraft, and the most-produced military aircraft in US history, with almost 19,000 examples leaving the assembly lines of five plants. Through a broad range of photos gathered from around the world, this book, the second of two volumes on the B-24, chronicles the design, development, and wartime use of the iconic late-production aircraft, featuring gun turrets on the nose. The story of these iconic WWII aircraft is told through carefully researched photos, many never before published, which are reproduced in remarkable clarity. Large, clear images, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, unlock the secrets of this aircraft. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

Author : Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf
Publisher : Edizioni R.E.I.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9782372973243

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B-24 Liberator - B-25 Mitchell - B-26 Marauder by Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf Pdf

Author : Robert F Dorr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782008330

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B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force by Robert F Dorr Pdf

The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed many of the books and films that emerged from the greatest air campaign in history, often overlook the B-24, even though it was in action for as long as the Flying Fortress, and participated in just as many perilous daylight bombing missions.

Author : Edward M. Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782006909

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B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI by Edward M. Young Pdf

The B-24 Liberator was the mainstay of the US Army Air Force's strategic bombing effort in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theatre from 1942 until the end of the war in 1945. With longer range and a greater load-carrying capacity than the B-17, the B-24 was well-suited to the demands of the CBI. The CBI's two air forces, the Tenth in India and the Fourteenth in China, each had one heavy bomb group equipped with Liberators. These two groups, the 7th and the 308th, carried the war to the Japanese across China and South East Asia, flying over some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The 308th had the added burden of having to carry its own fuel and bombs over the Himalayan 'Hump' from India to China in support of its missions. Despite the hardships and extreme distances from sources of supply, both units compiled a notable record, each winning two Distinguished Unit Citations.

Author : Periscope Film Com
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781411613218

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B-24 Liberator Bomber Pilot's Flight Manual by Periscope Film Com Pdf

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator first saw combat in June of 1942, making a daring raid into Nazi-occupied Romania to bomb the oil fields at Ploesti. Nearly 18,500 Liberators were built during the war years, making it by far the most-produced American combat aircraft. It served in many roles beyond heavy bomber, transport, and anti-submarine patrol, and flew in Africa, Europe, India, the Atlantic, India and the Pacific Theatre. Originally printed by the United States Army Air Force in 1942, the B-24 Liberator Pilot's Flight Operating Manual taught pilots everything they needed to know before entering the cockpit. Originally classified "Restricted," the manual was declassified long ago and is here reprinted in book form. This affordable facsimile has been reformatted, and color images appear as black and white. Care has been taken however to preserve the integrity of the text.

Author : Robert F Dorr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782008323

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B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War by Robert F Dorr Pdf

Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with a handful of bomb groups, which played a crucial role in checking the enemy's progress firstly in New Guinea, and then actively participating in the 'island hopping' campaign through the south-west Pacific.

Author : Graham M. Simons
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783035915

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator by Graham M. Simons Pdf

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was almost certainly the most versatile Second World War Bomber. Apart from its bombing role in all theaters of operation, the B-24 hauled fuel to France during the push towards Germany, carried troops, fought U-boats in the Atlantic and, probably most important of all, made a vital contribution towards winning the war in the Pacific. Its most famous single exploit is possibly the raid on the Ploesti oil fields in August 1943.The B-24 ended World War Two as the most produced Allied heavy bomber in history, and the most produced American military aircraft at over 18,000 units, thanks in large measure to Henry Ford and the harnessing of American industry. It still holds the distinction as the most produced American military aircraft. The B-24 was used by several Allied air forces and navies, and by every branch of the American armed forces during the war, attaining a distinguished war record with its operations in the Western European, Pacific, Mediterranean and China-Burma-India theaters.This book focuses on the design, engineering, development and tactical use of the many variants throughout the bombers service life. The overall result is, as David Lee, the former Deputy Director of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford said upon reading the final manuscript, to be acquainted with ...all you never knew about the B-24!The book is enlivened by the many dramatic photographs which feature, and this coupled with the clarity of Simons' prose makes for an engaging and entertaining history of this iconic Allied bomber, a key component in several of their biggest victories and a marvel of military engineering.

Author : Bert Kinzey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : B-24 (Bomber)
ISBN : 1888974176

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B-24 Liberator in Detail by Bert Kinzey Pdf

Beskriver det fra 2. verdenskrig kendte, amerikanske bombefly B-24 Liberator.

Author : Frederick A. Johnsen
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 0071344489

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B-24 Liberator by Frederick A. Johnsen Pdf

* The not-to-be-missed, triumphant story of the B-24 Liberator bomber--the most heavily produced American military aircraft ever--told through veterans' priceless first-person recollections and snapshots * Defines the B-24's role in winning WWII, drawing on Air Force archival records and combat photos * Covers technical innovations of the V-24: the tricycle landing gear, as well as a sophisticated airfoil and flap design

Author : Robert F Dorr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782009023

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B-24 Liberator Units of the Fifteenth Air Force by Robert F Dorr Pdf

The B-24 was heavily utilised in the North African and Mediterranean theatres by the USAAF's Fifteenth Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania being some of the most famous missions undertaken by the big American 'heavy' in World War 2. The stirling work of the Fifteenth Air Force is often overshadowed by the glamorous 'Mighty Eighth', yet the men flying the B-24 fought ceaselessly right through to VE Day. This is the third of five titles planned to chart the operational history of the Consolidated heavy bomber, and is the first single volume to exclusively cover the Fifteenth Air Force's B-24 units.

Author : Robert F Dorr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782009009

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B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War by Robert F Dorr Pdf

Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with a handful of bomb groups, which played a crucial role in checking the enemy's progress firstly in New Guinea, and then actively participating in the 'island hopping' campaign through the south-west Pacific.

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06
Category : B-24 (Bomber)
ISBN : 1861267096

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator by Martin W. Bowman Pdf

The B-24 Liberator may not have had the publicity and glamour of its contemporary, the Boeing B-17, but it was produced in far greater numbers and served all over the globe as a bomber, transport and long-range anti-submarine airplane. Martin W. Bowman examines the career of the B-24 Liberator, from its design in 1939 through all theatres of World War Two to the present, where a precious few airframes survive. With over 200 rare photographs this is a detailed and absorbing book on a significant airplane.