As the US military was looking to expand production of Boeing's B-17 bomber in the late 1930s, Washington asked Consolidated Aircraft to start producing the plane. But after a visit to Boeing's ...

Key Points - The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a key Allied heavy bomber in World War II, was the most produced combat aircraft in history (18,482 built). -Making its maiden flight in 1939, the B-24 ...

I have always enjoyed Bob Greene’s op-eds in the Journal, but I was especially attracted to “The U.S. Once Built Airplanes Quickly” (May 14) since my father was a B-24 Liberator pilot in the South ...

She isn’t as pretty or as famous as the B-17, but the B-24 carried more bombs to greater distances and at higher speeds, while excelling at jobs the designers never could have imagined. The year was ...

A morale problem for B-24 Liberator crews early in World War II was caused by unexplained in-flight explosions with no survivors. To the best of my knowledge, my crew was the first to survive the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — A local veteran recently had the chance to set foot in a B-24 Liberator—the only one that’s still flying. It’s one of the rarest bombers in the world and the type of plane ...

WARREN, Pa. — It’s cliche but true that Memorial Day is a time to remember. It’s a time to be grateful for those willing to give their last full measure of devotion for the nation. There are thousands ...

Warren Schwab of Pickford has stories for days. He was born in 1921 and lived through the Great Depression. When our country was asking young men to fight, Warren enlisted and became a B-24 Liberator ...

The PBS science program NOVA isn't usually a show that brings up strong emotions, but its upcoming episode "The Last B-24" tells a powerful story about the men and women working to retrieve and ...

Was the B-24 bomber the best bomber in all of World War II? What about the B-17 or B-29? Here is the story of the B-24, in all of its World War II glory – The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was a bomber ...