a B-24 nose gunner during World War II, was all smiles as he walked around and then through the inside of an airworthy Consolidated B-24A Liberator, called 'Diamond Lil,' at the Air Zoo on Tuesday ...

The B-24 gave Allied air forces a reliable option in both the European and Pacific theaters of war. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was ... and bombardier in the nose; radio/radar operator behind ...

They were dual-mounted in turrets on the nose, roof, and underneath in the cramped ball turret. Handling one of the most dangerous jobs in the Air Force, the B-24 could retract the turret inside ...

The B-24 bomber, dubbed the Liberator, would become a mainstay of ... which were set in the nose, tail, spine, and belly. Twenty seven gauges and 12 levers spread across the instrument panel ...

nose turret, top turret, 2 waist gunners, ball turret, and a tail gunner). Additionally, there were several adaptations of ...

Alphasim’s B-24 Liberator is a beautiful add-on ... from bare-metal (reflective), to desert and olive drab (with nose art). For many the B-24D with its distinctive glass nose will be of special ...

The B-24 Liberator four-engine bomber was a popular palette because of its large expanse of relatively open painting space on the nose of its massive fuselage. The nose art on the Michigan B-24 ...

Arden Mattice, a World War II nose gunner on a B-24 Liberator, turned 100 years old last week. He was honored at theFox Cities Veterans Round Table quarterly meeting at theOutagamie County Courthouse.

The B-24 could accommodate as many as ten airmen: pilot, co-pilot in the cockpit; navigator and bombardier in the nose; radio/radar operator behind the pilot; flight engineer adjacent to the radio ...