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The World War II B-24 Liberator Was So Good The U.S. Built Over 18,000
The B-24 gave Allied air forces a reliable option in both the European and Pacific theaters of war. T he Consolidated B-24 ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
On this day in aviation history, December 29, 1939, the first prototype of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator made its first flight. In time, the Liberator would become the most widely produced ...
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‘You were an old man if you were still there at 23. If we let it bother us, it would destroy us. You just had to go on.’
Great advice.” Polinsky (top row, second from left in wartime photo), was navigator aboard a B-24 Liberator. He’s now the last surviving member of his crew. Courtesy Eugene Polinsky (Digitized ...
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‘He was never forgotten’
Tech Sgt. John Holoka Jr.'s B-24H Liberator crew is pictured in May 1944 at Halesworth. It is thought Holoka took the photo. Photo courtesy the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency In mid-March, the ...
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Wichita pilot shot down in WWII will finally come home
The Tennyson crew pose for a photo in front of their B-24 Liberator aircraft stateside before deploying to the Pacific. First Lt. Herbert Tennyson is in the front row, second from the left.