The B-24 was the only bomber with the range and firepower to ... Leon Johnson, commander of the 44th Bomb Group, of the attack on Ploesti. "It's indescribable to anyone who wasn't there." ...

this and the B-24’s greater vulnerability to battle damage (the leaky fuel system was a particular problem) made the B-17 the preferred strategic bomber in the European theatre.” Despite such ...

A first lieutenant and navigator of a B-24 bomber in the United States Air Force, Plumb’s a graduate of Syracuse University, where he attended on the GI Bill. He retired from the New York City ...

After the United States joined the war as a belligerent power in 1941, B-24 Liberators were built across the United States in massive factories and were flown by American bomber crews in Europe ...