What You Need to Know: During WWII, five bombers stood out for ... by America’s Consolidated B-24 Liberator four-engine heavy ...

North American B-25 Mitchell One of the best known airplanes of World War II ... engine bombers famously flew in the Tokyo Raid of April 18, 1942, the U.S. counterattack on the Japanese four ...

In February 1947, gas station owner Art Lacey announced that he planned to buy a mothballed bomber to attract—and ... flown anything with more than one engine. But after a few taxi runs, he ...

One of the strangest dogfights—involving three four-engine bombers—occurred in World War II. It happened the morning of August 17, 1943, when an American B-24D Liberator encountered a pair of ...

Of all the World War II bombers, America’s B-29 Superfortress ... raids destroyed numerous Japanese cities. Other four-engine American heavy bombers included the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress ...

World War II bomber pilot Donald R ... flew a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a large, heavy, four-engine bomber. Staff photo / R. Michael Semple POLAND — In a relatively short time, Lt.