liberator

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On Sept. 11, 1942, Hirsch, age 24, and nine other soldiers stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tuscon were in a B-24 Liberator on the return leg of a training flight to Nebraska.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

In a letter to a friend that was published in 1858 in The Liberator, Harper recounted what happened next: “I did not move, but kept the same seat.”

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

He chose to commemorate his life with several images on his side of the gravestone, including the B-24 Liberator bomber he flew in World War II and named Salt Lake Katie after his wife.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2022

Mr. Billings deployed to Italy in August 1944, tasked with flying the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a heavy bomber that he jokingly referred to as “the pregnant pig.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

Crewmen gave it a host of nicknames, among them “the Flying Brick,” “the Flying Boxcar,” and “the Constipated Lumberer,” a play on Consolidated Liberator.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand