Consolidated B 24 Liberator

Author : Edward Shacklady
Publisher : Cerberus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781841451060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consolidated B-24 Liberator written by Edward Shacklady and published by Cerberus Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consolidated B-24 Liberator written by Michael O'Leary and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2003-01-08 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Robert F Dorr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782008330
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force written by Robert F Dorr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf
Publisher : Edizioni R.E.I.
ISBN 13 : 237297324X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book B-24 Liberator - B-25 Mitchell - B-26 Marauder written by Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf and published by Edizioni R.E.I.. This book was released on 2017-02-22 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward M. Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782006907
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI written by Edward M. Young and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764356698
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consolidated B24 written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Frederick A. Johnsen
Publisher : Specialty Press (MN)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consolidated B-24 Liberator written by Frederick A. Johnsen and published by Specialty Press (MN). This book was released on 1996 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Robert F Dorr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782008322
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War written by Robert F Dorr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Kenny Kemp
Publisher : Alta Films Press
ISBN 13 : 9781892442758
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft written by Kenny Kemp and published by Alta Films Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the Warbird Flightline series celebrates the Collings Foundation's Witchcraft, the last flying exemplar of the B-24 Liberator bomber. Unlike other walk-around books, Witchcraft: B-24 Liberator not only gets into the weeds of aircraft systems and stations, but also soars aloft for a bird's-eye view of the historical context in which the aircraft flew: a world on the brink of war, the desperate need for a long-range, heavy bomber, and just one American company capable of putting what became the world's most advanced aircraft into production in just nine short months. The legendary Liberator flew in every theater of the war, dropped more bombs than any other, and literally won the war in the Pacific, only to have its thunder stolen when the Boeing B-29 Superfortress was chosen to drop the atom bomb on Japan, thus ending the war and at the same time bringing the too-short lifespan of this unique and unsung hero to a close.

Author : Steve Birdsall
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 : 9780385038706
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Log of the Liberators written by Steve Birdsall and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om det amerikanske bombefly B-24 Liberator og indsatsen under 2. verdenskrig