Great Planes : B-24 Liberator

For educational purposes

From their background with flying boats, Con-solidated Aircraft Company would design the Liberator.

From its two distinct large vertical stabilizers, tricycle landing gear and high lift Davis wing, the Liberator would be made in greater numbers than the more popular B-17.

Operational in all theaters of the war and in other roles than a bomber (naval reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare and as transports), the B-24 performed well and is one of the Great Planes.

This film traces the development of the B-24 and shows operation in the different theaters including low level raids on Polesti.

Excellent air-to-air photography and great examples of nose art, as counterpart to the B-17, the Liberator is one of the Great Planes.