The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was arguably the most celebrated heavy bomber of World War II. Renowned for long ranges, heavy payloads, and high cruise speeds, the B-24 gave Allied air forces a ...

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 ...

His B-24 Liberator was shot down over Germany in World War II. "That bothers me more than anything," said De Jarnette's surviving niece, Ginny Justice. "Just that at 24 years old, he was blown to ...

So don’t get shot down.’ 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.

De Jarnette was killed on April 8, 1944, while serving as the pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber with the 732nd Bombardment Squadron. His aircraft was shot down during a bombing mission over ...