IMAGES OF WAR — LIBERATORS IN ENGLAND IN WORLD WAR II — RARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM WARTIME ARCHIVES

The Consolidated B24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any
other American aircraft in history, and in more versions than any other
aircraft up to that time. It served on every front in World War II, and
with no fewer than 15 Allied nations. It had an unusual layout -
dictated by the slender Davis wing placed above its tall bomb bays. This
wing was very efficient in cruising flight, which combined with the
aircraft's great fuel capacity to give the B-24 longer effective range
than any landplane of its day.

 A total of 2,738 served with US Bomb Groups in Europe and the
Pacific. The B-24D enabled RAF Coastal Command and US forces to close
the 'mid-Atlantic gap' - in which U-boats had been able to operate with
devastating effect beyond range of previous Allied anti-submarine
aircraft. This book contains rarely seen photographs of USAAF aircraft,
crews and other behind-the-scenes operations of the Squadrons flying the
B24 from English bases. Each image is accompanied by lengthy captions
that convey the location and history surrounding the subject in
question.