Massive Production of B24 Aircraft
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Consolidated Aircraft's Model 32 was designated as the B 24 "Liberator" by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF). The large, four engined aircraft, used as a heavy bomber, transport, and for various utility purposes, was produced in both greater numbers and in more versions than any other American airplane during the Second World War. Nevertheless, the B 24 in its many versions was not highly regarded among most of the combat aviators called upon to fly the aircraft, and earned such nicknames as the "flying bathtub," "flying coffin," "the combat crew Liquidator," and the "Convulsive Leviathan." In spite of these derisive sobriquets, however, one would assume that the B 24 possessed some redeeming features that accounted for the massive numbers of the aircraft that were produced.The Consolidated B 24 Liberator was a pervasive aircraft across all theaters of war. The critics of the aircraft were equally pervasive. The issue addressed in this research is the justification for the massive production of the B 24 in the face of equally massive criticism from those who required to fly the aircraft. This issue was addressed in this study through the investigation of two research questions, which were stated as follows: 1. What were the reasons stated and unstated for the massive numbers in which the Consolidated B 24 Liberators was produced during the Second World War? 2. Were the reasons for the massive level of production of the B 24
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y Germany, and, in December of that year, the United States was drawn into the war through the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Within a day, the United States had also become an adversary in the European war, because Hitler, in honoring his Axis Pact with the Japanese, declared war on the United States. The opening of a two front war by attacking the Soviet Union was probably enough in itself to assure the long term defeat of Nazi Germany. The declaration of war on the world's strongest industrial power within a few months of opening a two front war was an absurdly high risk strategy on Hitler's part. The American economy was able to shift gears to produce massive amounts of war material. The Consolidated B 24 Liberator was one outcome of this effort.
Chapter 5
COMBAT AIR OPERATIONS
The record of the Consolidated B 24 Liberator in combat operations must provide the primary justification for the massive production of the aircraft. Combat operations, as the term is used in this study, refers to any activity connected with the prosecution of the Second World War, and not simply to bombing runs by the aircraft. The combat operations of the Consolidated B 24 Liberator are addressed in this chapter.
The Air War
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