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Description
| Manufacturer: | Consolidated | |
| Base model: | B-24 | |
| Designation: | B-24 | |
| Version: | J | |
| Nickname: | Liberator | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
Specifications
| Length: | 67' 2" | 20.4 m | |
| Height: | 18' 0" | 5.4 m | |
| Wingspan: | 110' | 33.5 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,048.0 sq ft | 97.3 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 36,500 lb | 16,553 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 65,000 lb | 29,478 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,300 miles | 3,703 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 215 mph | 346 km/h | 187 kt |
| Max Speed: | 303 mph | 487 km/h | 263 kt |
| Ceiling: | 30,000 ft | 9,143 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Eighth Air Force Museum | Barksdale AFB | Louisiana |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
B-24J on display
Eighth Air Force Museum | Pima Air & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| keneck keneck@worldnet.att.net , TX | Looking for any information on B-24J-5-NT (44-28276).
Thanks. 11/27/2006 @ 16:39 [ref: 14857] |
| Horst Jeckel viperbj30@aol.com Germany, TX | Im seeking Information Photos from the B 24 42-100335
Greetings Horst 08/23/2006 @ 08:19 [ref: 13961] |
| John Bergen john.bergen@mwhglobal.com Moraga, CA | Sirs, while a 10 year old living in India with my parents on a USAID project in 1963, my brother and I searched through a wrecked B-24J located at the Kanpur Airport, Kanpur (British spelling may have been Cawnpore), India.We retreived the number plate for Consolidated B-24J, s/n 42-64070. I do not see that serial number in your above list. I am trying to get the aircraft record card from the AF but so far no luck. Any info you could provide about this aircraft would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, JB 06/19/2006 @ 20:14 [ref: 13550] |
| Joe Nall JJN55@aol.com Montgomery, AL | I am looking for B24 Bomber Serial Number 42-64054. How do I track this aircraft.........where do I go to search....I'm at a loss.........any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Joe 02/23/2006 @ 18:14 [ref: 12597] |
| Gianclaudio Polidori gianclaudio.polidori@fastwebnet.it roma, OTH | Can you tell me where the B24 identification plate is collocated?
We are trying to identify twu planes in the Adriatic sea. Many thanks. Gianclaudio 01/22/2006 @ 12:36 [ref: 12231] |
| Travis , CA | Nice Plane. Fake pic. 11/21/2005 @ 16:26 [ref: 11758] |
| Aaron Robinson Wilmington, NC | In one of the photos a B-24J has been shot down by Japanese forces.
This B-24 was part of a bombing mission over Okinawa when it was hit by ground fire, the right waist gunner killed and the navigator injured. Despite the danger, the pilot managed to cut one of the engines, and then the crew were forced to ditch into the sea. All the survivors of the aircraft were picked up by a PBY floatplane. 11/12/2005 @ 22:35 [ref: 11689] |
| Ken Thomas khthomasjr@cox.net Roanoke, VA | My Dad, a member of the US Air Corps, flew in a B-24 J 5 FO Liberator as a armorer/gunner, serial number 42-51498. He was born in 1923 and I have a photograph of the entire 10 man crew with the plane in the background. Like most, he didn't talk about the missions when I was a kid and I'm curious if there's any research regarding the missions, crew members still surviving, or any other pertinent information for family history sake. Project number DOM 155 A, Crew Chief Sgt. Beax, all crew members signed the picture and some names can be made out partially. Thanks for listening and hope someone can assist. 06/24/2005 @ 17:57 [ref: 10569] |
| Patrick Ranfranz webmaster@missingaircrew.com Shoreview, MN | I have created a new web site called www.MissingAirCrew.com. It is dedicated to the memories of the ten crew members of the Coleman B-24 Crew (13th Air Force, 372nd Bombardment Squadron, 307th Bombardment Group) who were shot down by a Japanese fighter 2-3 miles SE of Yap Island and declared missing and non-recoverable on 25 June 1944. My uncle, T/Sgt John R. McCullough, was the Assistant Radio Operator on the missing B-24. The web site is my vehicle to find out more about the lives and times of the Coleman Crew members. I have posted numerous documents regarding the crew, mission, shoot down, and my search. Pat Ranfranz, webmaster@missingaircrew.com
01/22/2005 @ 17:45 [ref: 9217] |
| Bill Rogers , MN | Enjoyed your website. My father flew a B-24 out of Sinazzola, Italy and was shot down 26Jul1944. He was a Sgt and a tailgunner, had only been overseas a few weeks. He was shot down over Zwolfaxing , Austria shortly after they had dropped their bombload. The plane blew up in midair and fortunately a couple men parachuted to safety. I have always enjoyed reading about the B-24 bomber and am a little disapointed how little credit they get compared to the B-17. I went to a Confederate Air Force demonstration in Texas years ago and got to sit in the tailgunners spot in a B-24. That was so spooky and scarey, would rather go back and do another tour in Vietnam than sit in that place in combat. My hats off to all the crew of the B-24's in WWII, that took a lot of guts to go up in them.. Bill 01/05/2005 @ 12:59 [ref: 9059] |
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