Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Hell on New Britain

By Adam Lynch

The American effort to neutralize the big Japanese air-sea base at Rabaul on the island of New Britain in the South Pacific was heating up, and 18-year-old aviation radioman John Kepchia was about to feel the heat. Read more

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Flying with the Jolly Rogers

By Glenn Barnett

The 90th Heavy Bombardment Group, known as the Jolly Rogers, was an element of the Fifth Air Force headquartered in Brisbane, Australia. Read more

When the ATC required a long range transport, it turned to the Consolidated B-24 Liberator and pressed her into service as a transport plane.

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Consolidated B-24 Liberator: Bomber Turned Transport

by Sam McGowan

Although the Douglas C-47 is usually thought of as the most important transport of the war, in reality it was the transport conversions of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber that opened up the world to the Air Transport Command. Read more