Depending on the model, the B-24 was manned by a crew of between ... "The Arsenal of Democracy" "To compare a Ford V8 with a four-engine Liberator bomber was like matching a garage with a ...
"We must be the arsenal of democracy." The B-24 bomber, dubbed the Liberator, would become a mainstay of that arsenal. The hearty bomber saw service in all theaters of the war but played an ...
On Sept. 4, 1943, the Royal Canadian Air Force's B-24 liberator bomber was carrying a crew of four when it ran into problems just after takeoff, crashing into the nearby lake. J.M. Young ...
The average Ford car had some 15,000 parts. The B-24 Liberator long-range bomber had 1,550,000. One came off the line every 63 minutes. America launched more vessels in 1941 than Japan did in the ...