| Caption | Â Â Â | An American-built B-24 Liberator bomber en route to the United Kingdom as part of the Lend-Lease program, 18 Nov 1940 ww2dbase | ||||
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| Photos on Same Day | Â | 18 Nov 1940 | ||||
| Added By | Â | David Stubblebine | ||||
| Added Date | Â | 6 Apr 2010 |
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 Bill says:
14 Nov 2014 07:57:10 AM
British marked Liberator I with short nose, later the RAF received Liberator IIs model was typical of USAAF B-24s
 Bill says:14 Nov 2014 07:57:10 AM
British marked Liberator I with short nose, later the RAF received Liberator IIs model was typical of USAAF B-24s
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Famous WW2 Quote
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."Winston Churchill, on the RAF
10 Dec 2011 04:09:58 PM
Liberator GR. Mk I, Aircraft were assigned to
Number 120 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command.
First six aircraft flew to Britain in March
1941 and joined RAF Coastal Command.
Aircraft in file photo, could be one of the first six, or one of the twenty later sent to the British.
Fifteen of the bombers were modified to hunt German U-boats. Early model Liberators, were
retired and replaced with improved B-24s as the war continued.
DID YOU KNOW:
It was the British that named the B-24 the
"Liberator" later the USAAF adoped the name.
Winston Churchill's personal transport was a
Liberator Mk I, he named "Commando".