During World War II, as the US military began flying heavy bombers over Europe, the service faced a serious problem. The four-engined heavy bombers could not defend themselves against fast German ...
In the summer of 1944, two men, Homer Schnurbusch from Perryville, Mo., and Sandy Austin from Vermont met when Austin joined the crew of the "Ditney Hill," a B-24 Liberator bomber based in Spinazolia, ...
The B-24 featured a shoulder-mounted high aspect ratio Davis wing. Used on several bomber models during World War II, the Davis wing offered a lower drag coefficient than other contemporary ...
POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) - Major news from the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, the re-location of an extraordinary artifact of World War II aviation history. A B-24 Liberator from the collection of the ...