Consolidated B-24 Liberator

"Shoo, Shoo, Baby" 66th BS, 44th BG.

 

B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. A new B-24E (Liberator) bomber, named for Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and bearing his autograph returns to the airfield at Ford's big Willow Run plant after a successful trial flight.
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B-24

 

1)-2) 455th BG B-24 "CHERRIE" (#42-51-332) Dropping Bomb Load

 

B-24

 

1) B-24 -- 3 different nose types.
2) The Last B-24 Bomber - June 28 1945

 

B-24 in the Pacific. Note the fuel tank in the forward bomb bay and what appears to be a 500 lb GP (General Purpose) bomb in the aft bomb bay.

 

1) Aerial View of B-24 Bomber Over Burning / Smoking German Target
2) US Bomb Group Airmen Posed for Unit Photo w/ Parked B-24 Bomber
3) B-24 Bomber Squadron Heading to Target on Mission

 

B-24 in details...
"Members of the 2nd Base Air Depot check for landing gear of a Consolidated B-24, 20 September 1944, Lancashire, England."

 

члены экипажа асов-истребителей и их самолёт B-24D Liberator 41-24183 “The Goon” 308-й бомбардировочной группы, 374-го бомбардировочного эскадрона, Китай.
Отмечено 16 сбитых японских самолётов. Феноменальная результативность для бомберов

 

такие чернобелые фотки самолётов асов-истребителей бомбардировочной авиации

42-110092 “Squirrely Shirley” из 5-й бомбардировочной группы, 31-го бомбардировочного эскадрона

41-23966 “MAN-O-WAR” и на заднем плане #144 42-40144 "Manda Belle" из 370-й бомбардировочной группы, 307-го бомбардировочного эскадрона

 

асы-истребители, противостоявшие Люфтваффе
1 Ford B-24H-10-FO Liberator 42-52164, 450th Bombardment Group 723rd Bomb Squadron. “Dinah Might”
игра слов - Дина Могучая и обыгрыш слова Динамит Dynamite

2 Consolidated B-24D Liberator 41-11761, 98th Bomb Group 343rd BS. “The Squaw”

3 B-24H 42-52193 “Star Dust”, 454th Bomb Group 737th Bomb Squadron

 

B-24H 41-29155 Picadilly Commando из 446-й БГ. Фото сделано 22 апреля 1944 года

 

"могучий бильярдный шар №8" сбил уже 4 японских истребителя
425th Bomb Squadron, 308th BG

 

Consolidated B-24H-20-CF Liberator 42-50284 of the 493rd Bomb Group, 862nd Bomb Squadron
Combat Wing Assignment: 93rd CBW
3rd Air Division
Base: Debach, Suffolk England (Station 152)
Group tail code: X (square symbol)
493rd BG squadrons identification codes (B-24):
N6 – 860th Bomb Squadron
Q4 – 861st Bomb Squadron
8M – 862nd Bomb Squadron
G6 – 863rd Bomb Squadron
493rd BG squadrons identification codes and colors (B-17):
S – yellow – 860th Bomb Squadron
B – white – 861st Bomb Squadron
C – red – 862nd Bomb Squadron
P – blue – 863rd Bomb Squadron

 

B-24D 41-11766 Chug-A-Lug
98th BG 345th BS 9th AF

 

1-2) 465th Bomb Group B-24 (#41-28904; Shot Down 1944) on Mission
3-4) 16 Year Old Waist Gunner on His 458th Bomb Group B-24
5-6) B-24 Flying Through Intense AA Flak Bursts
7) 90th Bomb Group B-24 Flying Over Ocean
8-9) B-24 (#42-52381) Heading to Target in Formation
10-12) 448th Bomb Group B-24 in Clouds on Mission
13-14) B-24 Dropping Bombs in AA Flak Over Target
15-16) B-24 Passing Over BRASOV Burning; Romania
17) 90th Bomb Group B-24 on Pacific Tarmac
18-19) B-24 Bombers Flying Over Coastline on a Mission
20) US Armorers Loading Aerial Bombs onto B-24
21) B-24 (#42-100016) in Flight on Way to Target

 

1) B-24
2) B-24 raids on Ploesti
3) B-24 Liberator 718th Sq 449th BG 15th AAF Ploesti Romania 1944
4-5) B-24 Liberator 15th AAF Leland Henderson 10 January 1944
6-7) B-24 Liberator 15th AAF Joseph P. Orley 10 January 1944
8-9) B-24J 8th AAF Liberator Crash Wreck 2 March 1945
10) 15th AAF 451st BG Bomb Linz Austria 2 April 1945
11) 15th AAF 451st BG Bombing Vienna 15 January 1945
12) 15th AAF 464th BG 23 March 1945 Gmund, Austria
13) 15th AAF Bomb Weiner Neustadt Vienna 29 May 1944
14) 15th AAF Bombing Bucharest Romania 1944
15) 15th AAF Bombing Konigsburg Austria 1944 FLAK
16) 15th AAF Bombing Krems Austria 2 April 1945
17) 15th AAF Bombing Ploesti Romania 24 April 1944
18) 15th AAF Bombing Ploesti Romania 28 July 1944
19) 15th AAF Bombing Ploesti Romania With FLAK 1944
20) 15th AAF Bombing Smudge Pots Salzburg Austria 1944
21) 15th AAF Bombing Yards At Forli Italy 19 May 1944
22) 15th AAF Enroute To Bomb Casarsa Italy
23) 15th AAF FLAK Over Adriatic
24) 15th AAF Over Alps To Vienna 15 January 1945
25) 15th AAF Weiner Neustadt Vienna 12 April 1944
26) B-24 Liberator 15th AAF 463rd BG Bombing 2 April 1945 Graz
27) 98th BG 415th Sq 2 Bombing 2 November 1943
28) B-24 Bombers Over Italy
29) B-24 Liberator 701st Bombardment Squadron
30) B-24 Liberator Bomber Struck By Bomb

 

B-24 «Liberator» «Little Warrior» (861-я бомбардировочная эскадрилья 493-й бомбардировочной группы, 8-й воздушной армии) потерпел крушение 29 июня 1944 года в районе города Фаллерслебен, Германия.

Последним, кто видел в живую «Little Warrior» («Маленький воин», 42-94812), был боковой стрелок Клиффорд Стокинг с близ летящего бомбардировщика «Green Hornet» («Зеленый шершень»). На фотографии запечатлен момент возгорания топливных баков. При падении самолета удалось выжить только одному из десяти членов экипажа, но был убит после приземления гражданскими лицами.

По форме пламени видно, что положение самолета отличается от горизонтального, самолет летит уже сильно задрав нос, остаются считанные секунды до сваливания.

 

1-2) USAAF B-24 of the 2nd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, previously 2nd Photo Charting Squadron, over the South China Sea in 1945. Nose art is "Glamorus".
3-4) 90th Bomb Group B-24 "BOOBY TRAP"
5-6) B-24 Leaving Target Burning Below; Italy
7-8) B-24 Flying Over Countryside on Mission
9) B-24 "DOC'S DELIGHT"
10-11) US Navy PB4Y-2 "PAPER DOLLY"
12) US Navy PB4Y-2 "RUGGED BELOVED"
13-14) 15th Air Force B-24 Heading to Target
15) 90th Bomb Group B-24 Over Ocean on Mission
16) B-24 (#42-7702) in Flight on Mission
17) 90th Bomb Group B-24 "SEAFOOD MAMA"
18) B-24 "FOOLS PARADISE"
19) B-24 "BOMBS LULLABY"
20) B-24 "SWING SHIFT"
21) B-24 "LADY TABIE"
22) B-24 "KAY-LYN"
23-24) B-24 Taking Off From Airfield Heading Out on Mission
25-26) B-24 Dispersed on Tarmac at WAKDE Island; New Guinea
27) B-24 "HEAVENLY BODY"
28-29) Low Flying B-24 Heading Out on Mission
30) B-24 "MILLIE'S DAUGHTER"

 

1) B-24 "FLAK FLED FLAPPER"
2) B-24 Being Serviced on Pacific Airfield
3) B-24 "TEN ACES WITH A QUEEN"
4) B-24 Parked on Airfield Tarmac

 

B-24 "Green Hornet", USAAF Pantanella Airfield, Italy.

 

1) 90th Bomb Group B-24 Bomber on Mission
2-3) B-24 Bombers Dropping Bombs Over Target
4-5) 455th Bomb Group B-24 Bomber #42-51332 Dropping Bombs
6) Enemy Cannon Fire Hit to Nose Section of B-24
7) B-24 "LAMPLIGHTER"

 

1-3) C-87 Transport Plane #44-39397; B-24 Derivative
4) C-87 Transport Plane #42-107263

 

USAAF 5th BG 394th BS B-24 Airplane Bombing Run 1945