Call to Duty: Outagamie County in World War II

B-24 Bombers

Consolidated Aircraft Corporation first made B-24 bombers in 1939. The Company nicknamed the bomber "The Liberator." Consolidated, Ford Motor Company, Douglas Aircraft Company, and North American Aviation made more than 18,000 "Liberators."

Pilots used B-24s in long-range missions in Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific. The airplanes flew at top speeds of 310 miles an hour and could fly as far as 3,100 miles. It could attain heights of 30,000 feet and carry a load of 15,200 pounds.

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Model of a B-24 Liberator bomber
Model of a B-24 "Liberator" bomber
Loan from the EAA Air Venture Museum

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