This is the last remaining hangar of the World War II Liberal Army Airfield training base. The building housed B-24s that were used to defeat Germany and Japan. An effort is being made to save the ...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Tucson's remarkable connection to aviation history includes the B-24 Liberator. A key U.S. bomber in World War II, American pilots and their crews trained here at Davis-Monthan.
(Tribune News Service) — On May 20, 1943, a B-24 bomber of the 1014th Pilot Transition Training Squadron took off from an Army airfield in Texas and headed to Chicago. It was a miserable day for ...
August 1st, 1943, 178 American B-24 bombers took off on one of the most dangerous missions in history, flying low over heavily defended enemy territory to strike the vital oil fields of Ploiești in ...