44th Bombardment Group B-24 Liberator photo's gallery

  41-23699 B-24D Liberator 8AF 44BG68BS P Lemon Drop enroute to bomb enemy targets 24th Nov 1944 NA491

Photo description: Consolidated B-24D-1-CO Liberator (s/n 41-23699) named "Lemon Drop" from the 68th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF. This was one of the original 9 aircraft flown to England by the 68th BS and was a veteran of the August 1,1943 low-level mission to Ploesti,Romania (Operation Tidalwave). Later was declared 'War-Weary' and used as the formation assembly ship for the 44th BG. After failing a POM inspection she was scrapped on June 1,1945.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier204844373 Local ID: 342-FH-3A06167-B62578AC

  41-23819 B-24D Liberator 8AF 44BG68BS A Rugged Buggy ltr lost on mission to Kiel Germany 14th May 1943 NA487

Photo description: 41-23819 B-24D Liberator 8AF 44BG68BS A Rugged Buggy later lost on mission to Kiel Germany 14th May 1943 NA487

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier204844367 Local ID: 342-FH-3A06165-62578AC

  42-63962 B-24D Liberator 8AF 44BG506BS GJW Prince in flight 24th Nov 1944 NA476

Photo description: Consolidated B-24D-15-CF Liberator (s/n 42-63962) named Prince from the 506th BS, 44th BG, 8th AF. Plane was originally named Princ-ass, then Prince, and finally Princess. Was interned at Bulltofta,Sweden on 29th May 1944.

Photo Source: National Archives Identifier204844350 Local ID: 342-FH-3A06159-62418AC

    

 

44th Bombardment Group

44th Bombardment Group 66th Bombardment Squadron 67th Bombardment Squadron 68th Bombardment Squadron 506th Bombardment Squadron

44th Bombardment Group

Constituted as 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 20 Nov 1940. Activated on 15 Jan 1941. Trained with B-24's. Became an operational training unit in Feb 1942. Also served on antisubmarine duty. In Jul 1942 began intensive preparations for combat. Moved to England, Aug-Oct 1942, for service with Eighth AF. Operations consisted primarily of assaults against strategic targets in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy Rumania, Austria, Poland, and Sicily. Pounded submarine installations, industrial establishments, airfields, harbors, shipyards, and other objectives in France and Germany, Nov 1942-Jun 1943. Received a DUC for an extremely hazardous mission against naval installations at Kiel on 14 May 1943: with its B-24's carrying incendiaries to be dropped after three B-17 groups had released high explosive bombs, the 44th flew in the wake of the main formation; thus the B-24's were particularly vulnerable because they had no protection from fire power of the main force, and this vulnerability increased when the group had to open its own formation for the attack; but the 44th blanketed the target with incendiaries in spite of the concentrated flak and continuous interceptor attacks it encountered. Late in Jun 1943 a large detachment moved to North Africa to help facilitate the invasion of Sicily by bombing airfields and marshalling yards in Italy. The detachment also participated in the famous low-level raid on the Ploesti oil fields on 1 Aug 1943. The group was awarded a DUC for its part in this raid and its commander, Col Leon Johnson, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his daring and initiative in leading his men into smoke, flame, and alerted fighter and antiaircraft opposition over the target, which already had been bombed in error by another group. Before returning to England at the end of Aug, the detachment bombed an aircraft factory in Austria and supported ground forces in Sicily. In Sep the group struck airfields in Holland and France and convoys in the North Sea. Also in Sep, a detachment was sent to North Africa to support the Salerno operations. The detachment returned to England in Oct and from Nov 1943 to Apr 1945, the entire group carried out operations against targets in western Europe, concentrating on airfields, oil installations, and marshalling yards. Took part in the intensive campaign of heavy bombers against the German aircraft industry during Big Week, 20-25 Feb 1944. Sometimes flew support and interdictory missions. Struck airfields, railroads, and V-weapon sites in preparation for the Normandy invasion; supported the invasion in Jun 1944 by attacking strong points in the beachhead area and transportation targets behind the front lines. Aided the Caen offensive and the St Lo breakthrough in Jul. Dropped food, ammunition, and other supplies to troops engaged in the airborne attack on Holland in Sep. Helped to check the enemy offensive during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944-Jan 1945, by striking bridges, tunnels, choke points, rail and road junctions, and communications in the battle area. Attacked airfields and transportation in support of the advance into Germany, and flew a resupply mission during the airborne assault across the Rhine in Mar 1945. Flew last combat mission on 25 Apr 1945. Returned to the US in Jun 1945. Redesignated 44th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) in Aug 1945. Trained with B-29's. Assigned to Strategic Air Command on 21 Mar 1946. Inactivated on 12 Jul 1946.

Activated on 1 Jul 1947. Assigned to Strategic Air Command. Not manned during 1947 and 1948. Inactivated on 6 Sep 1948.

Redesignated 44th Bombardment Group (Medium). Activated on 2 Jan 1951. Assigned to Strategic Air Command and equipped with B-29's. Inactivated on 16 Jun 1952.

Squadrons. 66th: 1941-1946; 1947-1948; 1951-1952. 67th: 1941-1946; 1947-1948; 1951-1952. 68th: 1941-1946; 1947-1948; 1951-1952. 404th: 1942. 506th: 1943-1946.

Stations. MacDill Field, Fla, 15 Jan 1941; Barksdale Field, La, Feb 1942; Will Rogers Field, Okla, Jul-c. 28 Aug 1942; Shipham, England, Oct 1942-c. 15 Jun 1945; Sioux Falls AAFld, SD, c. 27 Jun 1945; Great Bend AAFld, Kan, 25 Jul 1945; Smoky Hill AAFld, Kan, 14 Dec 1945-12 Jul 1946. Andrews Field, Md, 1 Jul 1947-6 Sep 1948. March AFB, Calif, 2 Jan 1951; Lake Charles AFB, La, c. 1 Aug 1951-16 Jun 1952.

Commanders. Lt Col Melvin B Asp, c. 15 Jan 1941; Lt Col Hugo P Rush, May 1941; Col F H Robinson, c. 1 Apr 1942; Col Leon W Johnson, c. 15 Jan 1943; Lt Col James T Posey, c. 3 Sep 1943; Col Frederick R Dent, Dec 1943; Col John H Gibson, c. 1 Apr 1944; Col Eugene H Snavely, Aug 1944; Col Vernon C Smith, Apr 1945-unkn; Lt Col Henry C Coles, c. 6 Aug 1945; Col William Cain Jr, c. 30 Aug 1945; Lt Col James F Starkey, c. 8 Jan 1946-unkn. Unkn, 1947-1948. Col Howell M Estes Jr, Feb 1951; Col Carlos Cochrane, 7 Mar 1951-16 Jun 1952.

Campaigns. Antisubmarine, American Theater; Air Combat, EAME Theater; Air Offensive, Europe; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe.

Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: Kiel, Germany, 14 May 1943; Ploesti, Rumania, 1 Aug 1943.

Insigne Shield: Azure, a bomb, point downward, between eight stars, four and four, or, all bendwise. Motto: Aggressor Beware. (Approved 15 May 1951.)

Consolidated B-24 Liberator - Operators

 

B-24 Liberator units of the United States Army Air Forces

This is a list of United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator combat units during World War II including variants and other historical information. Heavy bomber training organizations primarily under II Bomber Command in the United States and non-combat units are not included.

The USAAF took delivery of its first B-24As in June 1941, although the B-24D was the first production model delivered in quantity in July 1942. B-24s were assigned to every combat Air Force; at peak inventory, the USAAF had 6,043 B-24 Liberators operating worldwide in September 1944.

Following the end of World War II, the Liberator was rapidly withdrawn from USAAF service, being replaced by the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Literally thousands of Liberators were flown to various disposal units where they were cut up for scrap. Some brand-new late-production B-24Ms from Convair/San Diego and Ford/Willow Run were flown directly from the factory to various reclamation sites such as the scrapyard at RFC Kingman, Arizona in 1945, as the war in Europe had ended and B-29s were doing most of the long-range bombing work in the Pacific.

Only a few Liberators were still around when the United States Air Force was formed in 1947, most of them being used for various research purposes. The last USAF Liberator, a Ford EZB-24M-20-FO serial number 44-51228 used by the Aeronautical Icing Research Laboratory for ice research, was struck off the rolls in 1953. For a time, it was on display at Lackland AFB, Texas, with the armament and gunner positions restored. It is currently at the American Museum at Duxford Aerodrome, England painted as 44-50492, a B-24M that was assigned to the 392d Bombardment Group, 578th Bombardment Squadron.

Eighth Air Force

Was primary heavy bombardment Air Force in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) during World War II, stationed in England. Mission was conducting long-range strategic bomber offensive against Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany. The first Liberator mission from England took place on October 9, 1942. Several VIII Bomber Command Liberator groups deployed aircraft to Libya in late 1942 and 1943 to augment IX Bomber Command and carry out attacks against Axis targets in the Mediterranean. Ultimately a total of twenty-one Liberator-equipped groups were deployed and operated with the Eighth Air Force 2d and 3d Bombardment Divisions.

    

 

34th Bombardment Group

34th Bombardment Group

RAF Mendlesham, April 1944-July 1945. Converted to B-17s, September 1944

4th Bombardment Squadron

7th Bombardment Squadron

18th Bombardment Squadron

391st Bombardment Squadron

    

 

44th Bombardment Group

44th Bombardment Group 66th Bombardment Squadron 67th Bombardment Squadron 68th Bombardment Squadron 506th Bombardment Squadron

44th Bombardment Group

RAF Shipdham, October 1942-June 1945. Deployed to Ninth Air Force, June–August 1943. Participated in August 1, 1943 Attack on Ploesti Oilfields, Romania. Converted to B-29s

66th Bombardment Squadron 15 January 1941 – 12 July 1946

67th Bombardment Squadron 15 January 1941 – 12 July 1946

68th Bombardment Squadron 15 January 1941 – 12 July 1946

404th Bombardment Squadron 15 January 1941 – 12 July 1942

506th Bombardment Squadron 1 October 1942 – 7 March 1946

    

 

93d Bombardment Group

93d Bombardment Group

RAF Hardwick, December 1942-May 1945. Deployed to Ninth Air Force, December 1942-August 1943. Participated in August 1, 1943 Attack on Ploesti Oilfields, Romania. Inactivated December 1945

328th Bombardment Squadron

329th Bombardment Squadron

330th Bombardment Squadron

409th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

389th Bombardment Group

389th Bombardment Group

RAF Hethel, June 1943–May 1945. Deployed to Ninth Air Force, July–August 1943. Participated in August 1, 1943 Attack on Ploesti Oilfields, Romania. Inactivated September 1945

564th Bombardment Squadron

565th Bombardment Squadron

566th Bombardment Squadron

567th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

392d Bombardment Group

392d Bombardment Group

RAF Wendling, July 1943–June 1945. Inactivated September 1945

576th Bombardment Squadron

577th Bombardment Squadron

578th Bombardment Squadron

579th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

445th Bombardment Group

445th Bombardment Group

RAF Tibenham, November 1943-May 1945. Inactivated September 1945

700th Bombardment Squadron

701st Bombardment Squadron

702d Bombardment Squadron

703d Bombardment Squadron

    

 

446th Bombardment Group

446th Bombardment Group

RAF Bungay, November 1943-July 1945. Inactivated August 1945

704th Bombardment Squadron

705th Bombardment Squadron

706th Bombardment Squadron

707th Bombardment Squadron

 

447th Bombardment Group

447th Bombardment Group

RAF Attlebridge, March 1944-July 1945. Converted to B-17s, Summer 1944

708th Bombardment Squadron

709th Bombardment Squadron

710th Bombardment Squadron

711th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

448th Bombardment Group

448th Bombardment Group

RAF Seething, December 1943-July 1945. Converted to B-29s

712th Bombardment Squadron

713th Bombardment Squadron

714th Bombardment Squadron

715th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

453d Bombardment Group

453d Bombardment Group

RAF Old Buckenham, December 1943-May 1945. Inactivated August 1945

732d Bombardment Squadron

733d Bombardment Squadron

734th Bombardment Squadron

735th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

458th Bombardment Group

458th Bombardment Group

RAF Horsham St. Faith, January 1944-June 1945. Converted to B-29s

752d Bombardment Squadron

753d Bombardment Squadron

754th Bombardment Squadron

755th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

466th Bombardment Group

466th Bombardment Group

RAF Attlebridge, March 1944-July 1945. Inactivated July 1945

784th Bombardment Squadron

785th Bombardment Squadron

786th Bombardment Squadron

787th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

467th Bombardment Group

467th Bombardment Group

RAF Rackheath, March 1944-June 1945. Converted to B-29s

788th Bombardment Squadron

789th Bombardment Squadron

790th Bombardment Squadron

791st Bombardment Squadron

 

482d Bombardment Group

482d Bombardment Group (Pathfinder)

RAF Alconbury, August 1943-May 1945 Attached to: VIII Composite Command, February 1944-January 1945. Composite group with 2 squadrons of B-17s and one of B-24s. Conducted Pathfinder missions using H2X radar. Inactivated September 1945.

812th Bombardment Squadron (B-17)

813th Bombardment Squadron (B-17)

814th Bombardment Squadron (B-24)

    

 

486th Bombardment Group

486th Bombardment Group

RAF Sudbury, April–November 1944. Converted to B-17s, August 1944.

832d Bombardment Squadron

833d Bombardment Squadron

834th Bombardment Squadron

835th Bombardment Squadron

   

 

487th Bombardment Group

487th Bombardment Group

RAF Lavenham, April 1944–February 1945. Converted to B-17s, July 1944.

836th Bombardment Squadron

837th Bombardment Squadron

838th Bombardment Squadron

839th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

489th Bombardment Group

489th Bombardment Group

RAF Halesworth, May–November 1944. Converted to B-29s, December 1944.

844th Bombardment Squadron

845th Bombardment Squadron

846th Bombardment Squadron

847th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

490th Bombardment Group

490th Bombardment Group

RAF Eye, May 1944-October 1944. Converted to B-17s, August 1944.

848th Bombardment Squadron

849th Bombardment Squadron

850th Bombardment Squadron

851st Bombardment Squadron

    

 

491st Bombardment Group

491st Bombardment Group

RAF Metfield, RAF North Pickenham, April 1944-July 1945. Inactivated September 1945.

852d Bombardment Squadron

853d Bombardment Squadron

854th Bombardment Squadron

855th Bombardment Squadron

 

   

 

492d Bombardment Group

492d Bombardment Group

Unit deployed to RAF North Pickenham, January 1944. Re-designation of 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional), August 1944. Unit at RAF Harrington until August 1945. Converted to B-29s, August 1945.

856th Bombardment Squadron

857th Bombardment Squadron

858th Bombardment Squadron

859th Bombardment Squadron

    

 

493d Bombardment Group

493d Bombardment Group

RAF Debach, RAF Wormingford, April 1944-August 1945. Converted to B-17s, May 1944.

860th Bombardment Squadron

861st Bombardment Squadron

862d Bombardment Squadron

863d Bombardment Squadron

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

National origin:- United States
Role:- Heavy bomber, Anti-submarine warfare, Maritime patrol aircraft
Manufacturer:- Consolidated Aircraft
Designer:- Consolidated Aircraft
First flight:-
Introduction:- 1941
Produced:- 1940 - 1945
Status:- Retired 1968 (Indian Air Force)[1]
Number built:- 18,188[2]
Variants:- Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express, Consolidated Liberator I
Developed into:- Consolidated R2Y, Consolidated B-32 Dominator
Primary users:-  United States Army Air Force;  United States Navy;  Royal Air Force;  Royal Australian Air Force

Specifications (B-24J)

Data from Quest for Performance,[57] Jane's Fighting aircraft of World War II,[58] General Dynamics aircraft and their predecessors[59]

General characteristics

Crew: 11 (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier, radio operator, nose turret, top turret, 2 waist gunners, ball turret, tail gunner)
Length: 67 ft 2 in (20.47 m)
Wingspan: 110 ft (34 m)
Height: 17 ft 7.5 in (5.372 m)
Wing area: 1,048 sq ft (97.4 m2)
Aspect ratio: 11.55
Zero-lift drag coefficient: CD0.0406
Frontal area: 42.54 sq ft (3.952 m2)
Airfoil: root: Davis (22%); tip: Davis (9.3%)[60]
Empty weight: 36,500 lb (16,556 kg)
Gross weight: 55,000 lb (24,948 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 65,000 lb (29,484 kg) plus
Fuel capacity: 2,344 US gal (1,952 imp gal; 8,870 l) normal capacity; 3,614 US gal (3,009 imp gal; 13,680 l) with long-range tanks in the bomb bay; Oil capacity 131.6 US gal (109.6 imp gal; 498 l) in four self-sealing nacelle hopper tanks
Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-35 Twin Wasp, R-1830-41 or R-1830-65 14-cylinder two-row air-cooled turbosupercharged radial piston engines, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each
Propellers: 3-bladed Hamilton Standard, 11 ft 7 in (3.53 m) diameter constant-speed fully-feathering propellers

Performance

Maximum speed: 297 mph (478 km/h, 258 kn) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
Cruise speed: 215 mph (346 km/h, 187 kn)
Stall speed: 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn)
Range: 1,540 mi (2,480 km, 1,340 nmi) at 237 mph (206 kn; 381 km/h) and 25,000 ft (7,600 m) with normal fuel and maximum internal bomb load
Ferry range: 3,700 mi (6,000 km, 3,200 nmi)
Service ceiling: 28,000 ft (8,500 m)
Rate of climb: 1,025 ft/min (5.21 m/s)
Time to altitude: 20,000 ft (6,100 m) in 25 minutes
Lift-to-drag: 12.9
Wing loading: 52.5 lb/sq ft (256 kg/m2)
Power/mass: 0.0873 hp/lb (0.1435 kW/kg)

Armament

Guns:
Guns: 10 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in 4 turrets and two waist positions
Bombs:
Short range (400 mi [640 km]): 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg)
Long range (800 mi [1,300 km]): 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg)
Very long range (1,200 mi [1,900 km]): 2,700 pounds (1,200 kg)

Avionics

not known

 Flight Simulators
 

   IL-2 Sturmovik 'Cliff's of Dover' Blitz - has no 3D model

   IL-2 Great Battles Series IL-2 - has no 3D model

   DCS World - has no 3D model

 

 

 Royal Air Force Debden Map

 Moscow Russia Map

 

    CBI Notes

    Consolidated B-24 Liberator Notes

  1. Quote: 'One of the primary reasons we decided to go with the 'A' model, vs the LB-30, was that this airplane was originally a B-24A.''[52]

    Consolidated B-24 Liberator Citations

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  2. Hillenbrand 2010
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  6. Birdsall 1968, p. 40.
  7. Taylor 1968, p. 463.
  8. Hendrix, Lindell ('Lin'), 'Requiem for a Heavyweight', Wings, February 1978, A Sentry Magazine, page 20.
  9. Byrne, John A., The Whiz Kids: The Founding Fathers of American Business and the Legacy They Left Us, Currency Doubleday, Page 50
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  11. Smith, Harry V. et al. 'Escape from Siam.' rquirk.com.
  12. Green 1975, p. 85.
  13. Winchester 2004, p. 57.
  14. Giorgerini, Giorgio (2002). Uomini sul fondo : storia del sommergibilismo italiano dalle origini a oggi. Milano: Mondadori. pp. 518–20. ISBN 8804505370.
  15. The Secret War, by Brian Johnson, Pen And Sword Military Classics, 1978, ISBN 1-84415-102-6
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  17. Lord 1967, p. 279.
  18. Levine 1992, pp. 14–15.
  19. Weal 2006, p. 16.
  20. Reynolds, George. 'The AZON Project.' 458bg.com,
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  22. Freeman 1984, p. 176.
  23. Parnell 1993, pp. inside cover, p. 91.
  24. http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b24_27.html Consolidated C-109
  25. Baugher, Joe. 'Consolidated C-109'. USAAC/USAAF/USAF Bombers: The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 16 August 1999.
  26. Autry, Gene with Herskowitz, Mickey. (1978). Back in the Saddle Again. Doubleday & Company, Inc. ISBN 038503234X Page 85
  27. RAAF Museum website A72 Avro Lincoln
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  30. Gilman and Clive 1978, p. 314.
  31. Gordon 2008, p. 479.
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  34. Francillon 1988, p.26
  35. Francillon 1988, p.580
  36. Peck, Merton J. & Scherer, Frederic M. The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis (1962) Harvard Business School p.619
  37. Nolan, Jenny. 'Michigan History: Willow Run and the Arsenal of Democracy.' Archived 4 December 2012 at archive.today The Detroit News, 28 January 1997.
  38. Wegg 1990, pp. 82–83.
  39. Dorr and Lake 2002, p. 129.
  40. 'Ol 927: CAF's B-24A Liberator.' Archived 16 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Warbird Digest, Issue 15, July–August 2007, pp. 17–30.
  41. Andrade 1979, p. 60.
  42. Baugher, Joe. 'Consolidated PB4Y-1.' USAAC/USAAF/USAF Bombers: The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 18 August 1999.
  43. Wegg 1990, p. 90.
  44. Robertson 1998
  45. Loftin, L.K. Jr. (1985), Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft. NASA SP-468, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch,
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  48. Lednicer, David. 'The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage'. m-selig.ae.illinois.edu.
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  51. Mullen, Cassius; Byron, Betty (2015). Before the Belle. Page Publishing Inc. ISBN 978-1-68213-622-5.
  52. Margolick, David. 'Zamperini’s War.' The New York Times, 19 November 2010.
  53. 'Damnyankee'.' amazon.com.
  54. 'B-24D-53-CO 'Shady Lady' Serial Number 42-40369'. pacificwrecks.com.

    Consolidated B-24 Liberator Bibliography:

  • Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
  • Axworthy, Mark. Third Axis Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945. London: Arms & Armour, First edition 1995. ISBN 978-1-85409-267-0.
  • Birdsall, Steve. The B-24 Liberator. New York: Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 1968. ISBN 0-668-01695-7.
  • Birdsall, Steve. B-24 Liberator in Action (Aircraft number 21). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1975. ISBN 0-89747-020-6.
  • Birdsall, Steve. Log of the Liberators. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1973. ISBN 0-385-03870-4.
  • Blue, Allan G. The B-24 Liberator, A Pictorial History. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1976. ISBN 0-7110-0630-X.
  • Bowman, Martin. The B-24 Liberator 1939–1945. Norwich, Norfolk, UK: Wensum Books Ltd, 1979. ISBN 0-903619-27-X.
  • Bowman, Martin. Combat Legend: B-24 Liberator. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd, 2003. ISBN 1-84037-403-9.
  • Craven, Wesley and James Lea Cate. US Army Air Forces in World War II: Vol. I: Plans & Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1949.
  • Currier, Donald R. Lt. Col. (Ret). 50 Mission Crush. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania: Burd Street Press, 1992. ISBN 0-942597-43-5.
  • Davis, Larry. B-24 Liberator in Action (Aircraft number 80). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1987. ISBN 0-89747-190-3.
  • Donald, David, general editor. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
  • Dorr, Robert F. and Jon Lake. 'Warplane Classic: Consolidated B-24 Liberator: Part 1'. International Air Power Review, Volume4, Spring 2002. Norwalk: Connecticut, USA: Airtime Publishing, pp. 126–163. ISSN 1473-9917.
  • Ethell, L. Jeffrey. Aircraft of World War II. Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. ISBN 0-00-470849-0.
  • Francillon, René. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume I. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1988. ISBN 0-87021-428-4.
  • Freeman, Roger. B-24 at War. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd., 1983. ISBN 0-7110-1264-4.
  • Freeman, Roger. Mighty Eighth War Manual. London: Jane's Publishing Company Limited, 1984. ISBN 0-7106-0325-8.
  • Gann, Ernest K. Fate Is The Hunter. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. ISBN 0-671-63603-0.
  • Gardner, Brian (1984). 'Flight Refuelling... The Wartime Story'. Air Enthusiast. No. 25. pp. 34–43, 80. ISSN 0143-5450.
  • Gilman, J. D. and J. Clive. KG 200. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1978. ISBN 0-85177-819-4.
  • Gordon, Yefim. Soviet Air Power in World War 2. Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK: Midland, Ian Allan Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-85780-304-4.
  • Green, William. Famous Bombers of the Second World War. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1975. ISBN 0-385-12467-8.
  • Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. New York: Random House, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4000-6416-8.
  • Isemongers, Lawrence.The Men Who Went to Warsaw. Nelspruit, UK: Freeworld Publications, 2002, ISBN 0-9584388-4-6.
  • Job, Macarthur. 'Misadventure at Mauritius.' Flight Safety Magazine, January–February 2000.
  • Johnsen, Frederick A. Consolidated B-24 Liberator (WarbirdTech Volume 1). North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2001. ISBN 1-58007-054-X.
  • Johnsen, Frederick A. B-24 Liberator: Combat and Development History of the Liberator and Privateer. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1993. ISBN 0-87938-758-0.
  • Johnsen, Frederick A. Bombers in Blue: PB4Y-2 Privateers and PB4Y-1 Liberators. Tacoma, Washington: Bomber Books, 1979. No ISBN.
  • Levine, Alan J. The Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940–1945. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1992. ISBN 0-275-94319-4.
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    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Air Force Historical Research Agency website https://www.afhra.af.mil/
  • Ancestry https://www.fold3.com/
  • NARA National Archives https://catalog.archives.gov/
  • B-24 database https://www.b24bestweb.com/
  • IWM https://www.iwm.org.uk/
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/

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