Consolidated B-24 Liberator | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:02:32 1 Design and development
00:02:42 1.1 Initial specifications
00:04:23 1.2 Design
00:09:32 1.3 Armament
00:11:09 1.4 Prototypes and service evaluation
00:16:18 2 Operational history
00:16:28 2.1 RAF
00:20:49 2.2 Antisubmarine and maritime patrols
00:24:15 2.3 USAAF
00:24:25 2.3.1 Introduction to service, 1941–1942
00:27:08 2.3.2 Strategic bombing, 1942–1945
00:32:30 2.3.3 Radar/Electronic warfare and PGM deployment
00:34:30 2.3.4 Assembly ships
00:36:12 2.3.5 "Carpetbaggers"
00:38:04 2.4 Transport variants
00:38:13 2.4.1 C-87 Liberator Express
00:43:23 2.4.2 C-109 version
00:46:14 2.5 U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps
00:46:21 2.5.1 PB4Y-1
00:48:18 2.6 Australia
00:48:27 2.6.1 RAAF
00:50:41 2.6.2 Qantas
00:52:02 2.7 SAAF
00:52:33 2.8 Luftwaffe use
00:53:30 2.9 Soviet use
00:54:03 2.10 Chinese use
00:54:51 3 Production
01:02:03 4 Variants and conversions
01:02:13 4.1 U.S. Army Air Forces variants
01:17:40 4.2 U.S. Navy nomenclature and sub-variants
01:19:06 4.3 British Commonwealth nomenclature and sub-variants
01:22:36 5 Operators
01:22:45 6 Surviving aircraft
01:22:55 7 Specifications (B-24J)
01:27:07 8 Accidents and incidents
01:27:17 9 Notable B-24 crewmen
01:32:44 10 Notable appearances in media
01:35:07 11 See also



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The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models designated as various LB-30s, in the Land Bomber design category.
At its inception, the B-24 was a modern design featuring a highly efficient shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing. The wing gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. In comparison with its contemporaries, the B-24 was relatively difficult to fly and had poor low-speed performance; it also had a lower ceiling and was less robust than the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. While aircrews tended to prefer the B-17, General Staff favored the B-24 and procured it in huge numbers for a wide variety of roles. At approximately 18,500 units – including over 4,600 manufactured by Ford Motor Company – it holds records as the world's most produced bomber, heavy bomber, multi-engine aircraft, and American military aircraft in history.
The B-24 was used extensively in World War II. It served in every branch of the American armed forces as well as several Allied air forces and navies. It saw use in every theater of operations. Along with the B-17, the B-24 was the mainstay of the US strategic bombing campaign in the Western European theater. Due to its range, it proved useful in bombing operations in the Pacific, including the bombing of Japan. Long-range anti-submarine Liberators played an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The C-87 transport derivative served as a longer range, higher capacity counterpart to the Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
By the end of World War II, the technological breakthroughs of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress and other modern types had surpassed the bombers that served from the start of the war. The B-24 was rapidly phased out of U.S. service, although the PB4Y-2 Privateer maritime patrol derivative carried on in service with the U.S. Navy in the Korean War.