It’s clear that he remembers being on a B-24. He stops and points to an opening. “If you had to jump out, that’s where you jump out as the bomb bay doors open.” ...

The last time Richard Pettit was in a B-24, he had to bail out.It was March 22, 1945, in the skies over Vienna, and Pettit, a top turret gunner, and his crew had just completed a bombing run.&#x201… ...

Key Points – The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a key Allied heavy bomber in World War II, was the most produced combat aircraft in history (18,482 built). -Making its maiden flight in 1939, the B ...

The indelible memories of a navigator aboard a B-24 bomber in World War II reveal in vivid detail how tenuous was victory, and how momentary life could be in every hour of a combat mission. Lt. Mic… ...

Marine scientists with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have located a B-24 bomber shot down in World War II off Papua New Guinea with 11 American servicemen aboard.. The bomber, designed ...

A B-24 D-1 bomber associated with 11 American servicemen missing in action from World War II was recently found and documented in Hansa Bay off Papua New Guinea by Project Recover—a collaborative team ...