The B-24 Liberator - A Dedication

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and a small number of early models were sold under the name LB-30, for Land Bomber. The B-24 was used in World War II by several Allied Air Forces and Navies, and by every branch of the American Armed Forces during the war, attaining a distinguished war record with its operations in the Western European, Pacific, Mediterranean, and China-Burma-India Theaters.

The present day Collings Foundation's 6B-24J seen in this video is the only restored flying B-24J in the world. Initially, restored in 1989, it honored the 15th A.F. in Italy with the selection of the ALL AMERICAN - a very distinguished A/C with a record of having shot down 14 enemy fighters on a single mission (only two B-24's came back out of a squadron of 19).

The B24 is seen here with seldom viewed archive footage of maintenance and combat operations. Lots of furious machine gun action! (Some B-17 in here too.) This unique material is combined with video of the restored B-24 which has the names printed on her side of the contributors who helped with making her restoration possible, one of which was my uncle, S/Sgt Lloyd D. Hubbard, Gunner with the 853rd Squadron, 491st Bombardment Group (H) located near Norfolk, England.