Aircraft
Information about the B-24 Liberator.
B-24 Specifications
Engines: | 4 P&W Twin Wasps 1200 HP each |
Weights: | 16 tons empty, 31 tons laden |
Wingspan: | 110 feet |
Height: | 18 feet |
Length: | 68 feet |
Bombload: | 4 tons - various mixes |
Armament: | 10 Browning -50 cal heavy MGs |
Speed: | 290mph max, 215mph cruise |
Ceiling: | 28,000 feet laden |
Range: | 2,100 miles, 3,000 miles on aux tanks |
Crew: | 2 pilots, engineer, 2 navigator-bombers,2 radio operators, 4 turret gunners |
General Information
First Flight: | 29 December 1939 |
Production: | over 18,000 |
Main Users: | USAAF, USN, USMC, RAF, RAAF, Indian AF, RCAF |
B-24 In Service Photo Archive
These images have been supplied courtesy and copyright clearance of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and are official RAAF photos, Copyright © Department of Defence.
Special thanks also go to WOFF Ray Bennell of the RAAF, who went beyond the call of duty with his prompt work and extra "photo finding" through the DEFWEB archives.
- Liberator on ground. Date unknown.
- Liberator on ground. Date unknown.
- Grp. Capt. Kingwell. Date unknown.
- Liberator Air to Air. Date unknown.
