Hiya everyone,
I'm once again asking for some help with the identfication of a shot down B-24 bomber. I'm no expert at this, but if I understand it correctly, the white B in the circle means it belongs to the 93rd Operations Group of the 8th Air Force, but I couldnt really find anything for the...
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Hi everyone, i recently came into possession of a B24 gun turret control arm. The serial numbers and stamps are all intact - is there a way to identify the particular aircraft it was made for ? See what happened to it?
I'd love to be able to know the story behind this part.
My cousins grandfather flew aboard a ww2 american Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber nicknamed "The O-Bitch-u-airy Mary". I recall that it was shot down over France and he survived but most of his crew, dear friends of his, did not. There was a photo hanging in his house of the plane and the...
In wiki:
“B-24 bombers were also extensively used in the Pacific area after the end of World War II to transport cargo and supplies during the rebuilding of Japan, China, and the Philippines.”
I have no notice of B24 operations after the end of WWII, AFAIK. Certainly B24 was a difficult...
Hello,
About 40yrs ago I caught the opening scene of a film shown on WGN in Chicago where a B-24 is on final, two engines buring. The plane lands rolls up to the ramp and the owner is screaming at the pilots for wrecking his new plane (assuming purchased as surplus). The pilots (two men and a...
I posted some technical pictures of Witchcraft, the Collings Foundation's B24J. There are a lot of items in the photographs that could use more technical identification and description. Here is a link to that forum...
Here a visual recreation of the attack on the S.S. Suddhadib by RAF B-24 Liberator Squadrons 99 and 159 out of India on 1st June 1945. The video is a compilation of 29 individual digital illustrations which I have worked on for many weeks while given accurate attention to historical details...
Does anyone have any information or pictures of US aircraft used by 100 Group of RAF Bomber Command? I've seen a 1 or 2 colour profiles of B17 and B24's used by 100 Grp as electronic counter measures aircraft but are there any actual photographs? :|