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B-24 Engine Start & Takeoff
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- Опубліковано 13 лют 2016
- The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial models were laid down as export models designated as various LB-30s, in the Land Bomber design category.
At its inception, the B-24 was a modern design featuring a highly efficient shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio Davis wing. The wing gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long range and the ability to carry a heavy bomb load. Early RAF Liberators were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean as a matter of routine. However, the type was difficult to fly and had poor low speed performance. It also had a lower ceiling and was less robust than its far better known counterpart, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. While aircrews tended to prefer the B-17, General Staff preferred the B-24, and procured it for a wide variety of roles.
The B-24 was used extensively in World War II. It served in every branch of the American armed forces, as well as several Allied air forces and navies, and saw use in every theater of operations. Along with the B-17, the B-24 was the mainstay of the US strategic bombing campaign in the Western European theater. Due to its range, it proved useful in bombing operations in the Pacific, including the bombing of Japan. Long range anti-submarine Liberators played an instrumental role in closing the Mid-Atlantic Gap in the Battle of the Atlantic. The C-87 transport derivative served as a longer range, higher capacity counterpart to the Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
The B-24 was produced in very large numbers. At nearly 19,000 units, with over 8,000 manufactured by Ford Motor Company, it holds the distinction of being the most produced heavy bomber in history, the most produced multi-engine aircraft in history and the most-produced American military aircraft.
At the end of World War II, the Liberator had been surpassed by more modern types such as the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The type was rapidly phased out of US service, although the PB4Y-2 Privateer derivative would go on to see service with the US Navy in the Korean War.
Two B-24s, one B-24A and one Liberator V (Lend Lease B-24J) representing a B-24H, are airworthy as of 2015.
My 97 year old dad was a top gunner ,flight engineer on a B24. He flew out of Horsham St. Faith, Norwich England. He and his crew ditched in the North Sea returning back from a raid on Brunswick Germany in August 1944. The plane they ditched in was named Tailwind. The co pilot was killed but the rest of the crew survived. The Pilot earned a distinguished flying cross for successfully ditching the plane with one fatality. Dad is still going strong.
Amazing ! Thankyou for sharing 💞
i wonder if he knew my Grandpa who flew out of England too.
@@darrinsiberia Do you know what bomb group or squadron? I researched my dad's online and my brother and I visited the mighty 8th air force museum in Pollar, GA. With my dad.
Horshan St faith is now Norwich Airport
May God continue to bless your Dad!!!!!!! A generation of Heros!!!!!
My pop did 22 mission over Europe. He was a tail gunner, later model with duel 50 Cal’s. His plane “Jodey” survived the war and was scraped in Texas. Great to read the many comments on men who served on the Liberator. Pop is still going strong at 99.
my father flew 28 missions in the lib 99 squadron RAF in india ,Radio op
Great grandpa. Flew on silver streak mainly and a couple others during downtime for repairs. Silver streak was damaged in action do to heavy fire on the front. He was rw waist gunner. Went on a lot of low flight high risk missions. He always talked about bombs getting stuck and they'd have to take turns running over. Grabbing a rope and kicking them loose out of the hatch. He died in 2016. Coolest thing ever was going to the airforce museum in Ohio and seeing one in person.
My dad was a B 24 pilot stationed on Okinawa. He was very proud of his service to our great country.
My dad was a gunner on the Liberator in the Pacific. He was part of the "Long Rangers" who flew very long missions. He said often the Japanese would fly above them and try to drop incendiaries down onto them. I got to walk around inside this plane when it was at the Waterloo, Iowa airport a few years ago during a "Wings of Freedom" tour. The guys in those planes had balls of steel.
He was stationed at Henderson Field on Guadacanal. 424 BSq most probably 13th AF, They flew missions often up the slot as it was called; an area of open ocean with small islands on each side.
@@jonbowhay9386 Thank you Jon!
@@dvvalant Best to you Dave.
Hope you have been able to write down what your father has told you.
They sure did
These vintage warbirds are SO beautiful.Everyone involved in their maintenance deserves so much thanks, not least for keeping the memory alive of those who flew them operationally.
Witchcraft once visited my local airport during a month-long cross-country Veteran’s Day tour. I had an opportunity to board and tour the entire aircraft. She’s a very impressively restored machine and it brought tears to my eyes. I couldn’t even imagine what it’s like for those brave young men who sacrificed their lives through fighter infested, flak filled and freezing skies over Germany. Victory was achieved by their blood, sweat and tears. What a fitting flying memorial to those men, the surviving veterans and those who didn’t come back home. Thank you fellas. 🇺🇸 🙏🎖🏅
Being an avid ww2 reader it almost brought tears to my eyes watching the vid. Just thinking about those brave warriors back then fighting and dying for that just cause. Heroes. Thanks for the vid!!
Think of all the guys still missing in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that lost their lives so we could be live free
I got to fly in this plane once, thanks to my grandfather's connections and his time as a Liberator pilot during the war. Incredible experience.
The B-24 hold the record for longest, slowest retracting gear cycle of any airplane ever....I love the Liberator.
Their hydrol
My father was a Ground Crew Chief on 8 of these in the South Pacific 1943 thru 1945. His B24s were filled with cameras and redesignated A7. Used for Combat Mapping. Great video, thank you
I am from Romania and it's crazy to think these beautiful beasts flew in anger over Ploiești during Operation Tidal Wave, back in 1943.
The coolest plane ever made. I was in my kayak in a marsh near Cape May when one flew over. I could hear it coming about a minute before it showed over head.
Have seen this beauty in person at KDMW (Carroll County Regional Airport) when helping the local Civil Air Patrol squadron (being a member myself) up in Westminster in October of each year, always a tremendous honor to get to meet and not only talk with and thank WW II veterans but to see the B-17G "Nine-O-Nine, the B-25J "Tondelayo" and the B-24J "Witchcraft" not only firing up those massive radial engines but have them thundering down the runway!
So sad about the Nine-O-Nine crash and losses of both lives and a great Warbird. Wish I could have seen it.
I saw and walked through Nine-O-Nine on her last tour before she went to the east coast, crashed and burned. Luckily I still have an in depth video of the plane albeit with terrible self-commentary.
You can't even imagine the thunderous roar these planes bring when flying overhead, it makes you want to tear up and cry. It's a wonderful sound, and I'm glad I got to hear it at least once
RIP "Nine-O-Nine"
When Witchcraft was in SW Louisiana several years ago, I got up close and personal - that's the only way to really experience the visceral power of those big radials. This video is great, but doesn't do it justice. It must be experienced first hand, and it will give you goosebumps. My uncle was a Liberator pilot during WW II.
The history of this aircraft and its various crew is astonishing and should never be forgotten. Eighth Air Force, Ford built in Willow Run, Michigan. Over 130 Missions this aircraft flew with no aborts! 467th BS & 790 SQ.
Well not THIS aircraft... the RAF used this plane in Pacific, was junked after the war and resurrected by the Indian Air Force. Decommissioned in 1968. Brought in pieces to America in 1971 and the rest is history.
BUILT FORD TOUGH.
@@e.a.corral4713 This one was built by Consolidated in San Diego, but it doesn't make your contention untrue, of course!
Beutifull Aircraft , i love fast jets , but to me props are still fantastic to see & hear !
amazing...always remembner that long wing...was 1st large model my dad and I built together....looked forwards to night after tea when we sat down to build and paint it
Oh, wow. My grandfather was a bombardier on a B-24 named "Ole Repulsive." Unfortunately, it lies somewhere in the Adriatic Sea, but thankfully he wasn't on it at the time.
B 24, é fantástico, uma navi linda!
My Dad was a B-24 radioman in Okinawa. In the 1990’s my nephew won an essay contest on Long Island and he was awarded a ride on Witchcraft with my Dad. Dad’s auto license plate was USAF B24 in NY
My dad Fred Norman was wireless operator and side gunner. 99 squadron, Burma. Very proud !
My Mom's brother was flight engineer/top turret gunner on one of those. They were shot down in China in 1943. I have the greatest respect for the men who flew in them.
Flew in this exact plane in 2012. I was the only one in the group small enough to fit in the front and rear turret..... It was a fantastic flight on my favorite bomber, but I wouldn't want to be stuck in those turrets for hours, god what a cramped mess!
Still one of the coolest looking military aircraft in my book
My Grandmother Gwen Fussey was transported to the East Coast of Canada
from the United Kingdom in a B-24 that was converted for VIP transport
just after World War 2 ended. Gwen was trained by the United Kingdom
Home Guard to Id spies in her community and report back to HQ. Her
Husband Bill, Canadian Artillery fought on the German lines during the
last world War.
My son and I saw her at the Martha’s Vineyard airport in 2019, sadly just prior to the B 17s crash not long after
Bless all who flew and continue to fly these beautiful airplanes
Such a beautiful bomber. These planes were used more for bombing raids than the B-17 Flying Fortress. I always wondered why it's never discussed about the sacrifices that were made in this aircraft.
My mom worked at the Consolidated plant in Ft. Worth building Liberators while my dad was overseas with the Army Air Corp.
Thanks to your parents for their service, They're the great generation.
Same, but with my grandparents
Wow, amazing footage. Good, that some people are keeping those vintage aircraft in such a good condition. Thumbs up! :)
Yeah, fuel to awesome sound converter :-) Great footage! Thanks
My aunt flew B-24s from the factory in Michigan to the 8th Air Force in England. She had over 3000 hours.
I had a good friend, now deceased, who had to bail out of a B-24 in June of 1944 when it was shot down by a Focke-Wulf 190.
Modern high-bipass turbine planes are often larger, and take off faster, but the B-24 definitely FEELS like a helluva lotta plane to be flying.
My great uncle was laid to rest last month after a positive id on his remains. He piloted the ship Air Lobo in Operation Tidal Wave. He and his crew were shot down over the Romanian oil refineries Aug 4 1943
My father in law, Gene Davis, taught B24 Liberators to a lot of WW2 pilots in San Angelo. If anyone had exposure to him I would really appreciate a note.
Amazing. Only 2 remaining airworthy. A masterpiece of American ingenuity.
But easily sabotaged externally. Pretty weak.
Came here after reading "Unbroken" in class. Crazy to think this was at one point too of the line
A walk-around inside of the B-24 Liberator would tell you that in WWII, escape and bailout, wearing heavy shearling flight suits, shearling boots, shedding body armor and donning your parachute and Mae West,, then somehow squeezing your way out of the nose wheel hatch or bomb bay without snagging your harness and somehow jumping clear of a burning, disintegrating airframe was miraculous. And the Liberator was known to have persistent fuel leaks into the bomb bay on many of the long missions...
My Dad did it over Mostar Yugoslavia Jan 14, 1944. They went out the Bombay Doors with the Ship in a spiral @ 13,000 ft. Navigator 15th AF 47th Wing 449th 716th. "Miss Lee"
My Father flew B24s for the South African Airforce in WW2,North Africa,Egypt,Italy and Poland
Great to see a video of a Warbird with almost invisible propeller 'discs' and not those ever so slowly rotating blades.
Friend of my father,Captain 35 missions,plane the gripes or wrath,B-24🇺🇲❤️
Aircraft 64, a B 24 D, in the fog of war overflew her base by nearly 500 miles.
Into some of the most bone chilling terrain a man could imagine. The utter desolation of the interior Libyan Desert. If you’ve seen some photo views of Mars you have a picture of the environs there.
Her crew hopelessly lost decided to bail out on autopilot and 64 flew on trim some 16 more miles till settling in to her forever desert home.
By diary’s found with crewmen we get a glimpse of battling against all odds till the spirit can endure no more.
The B 24 liberator has countless stories to tell the world over of a time of global conflict and the men and sacrifice still on that last mission.
Reminds me of the Handley Page Halifax used for the British Royal Air Force. Similar design, plus the two vertical fins
čudovito enkratno neponovljivo-kako zelo uspešni so bili v vojni in kaj vse so posadke doživljal ob napadih na sovražnika kateri je imel do skrajnosti izpopolnjeno obrambo.
1:51 LOL I almost expected the guy standing in the hatch aft of the pilots during the fast taxi to still be there on takeoff.
man i love old war planes
God Bless them. My dad was a forward observer at Iwo Jima.
did your dad fly in 24 to watch navy shelling? my dad took some navy observers out over beach on d day at iwo
Respect to all and thank you.
The real workhorse of the USAAF bomber force, but didn't get the recognition of the B-17.
Yeah. It certainly is interesting that more B-24s were built than B-17s but the B-17 became more symbolic of the USAAF European effort. I am sure it had to do with movies like “12 O’clock High and “Command Decision” and others where the B-17 was shown.
Even my father was flight engineer with Liberator B 24 during Burma operations
Indian Air Force
or RAF
@@I_Wish_I_Was_Home he was from 9 squadron IAF and attached to RAF in Peshawar.
Could you imagine the sight and sound of hundreds of these flying overhead in Europe in a Pacific earth-shattering
Yeah...freaking terrifying. Knew an old German who was actually in a building when it was bombed by the allies in '44'.
By the end of WW2 Ford was making 1 B 24 every 63 minutes. Approximately 24 B 24`s every day.
In 100 Days 2400 B 24`s could be made. In one year Ford could make Approximately 8700 B 24`s in 1 year.
Nice video
My Grandpa was a HUMP pilot, flew the C-57 I think was the cargo B-24
If this is the one that comes to Venice Florida, then I’ve rode in this plane. It’s fucking awesome
I live about five minutes from the airfield the original aircraft flew its missions from in Norfolk UK
My father in law was captain of a B24 and shot down Christmas Day 44 over Belgium. First flight he, the copilot and navigator were blown out of the plane when #3 exploded. They were captured and the remaining 7 crew men perished. Starting sequence is #3 first as it powers the hydraulics and the Germans knew this so that was their primary target.
Sounds like shitty luck to me, hitting anything as an AAA crew (Allies or Axis) is a miracle when the planes your shooting at are a mile above you at 250ish mph.
Piękny i majestatyczny. Pamiętajcie o Polskiej załodze w Bingisiimi. Stamtąd Polacy też brali udział w wyzwoleniu Polski czyli państwa aliantów
BEAUTIFUL PLANE!!!!!
On a mission, on the hardstand, at what point would the bomb bay doors have been closed before taxiing out on the perimeter? PS the original Witchcraft was with my dad's BG, the 467th.
What a beautiful aircraft!
Great video !!
so brilliant
They must be hard work to fly machines like the liberator.
My dad flew as Canadian wireless tail gunner in South Pacific
My Grandpa was in the b-24 liberator in ww2 they called him skinny marink 😊
I saw this same aircraft fly over my house about 3 years ago.
Beautiful! 👍✈️
WOW old is awesome
My great uncle, Robert Morris, was a pilot of the Liberator and fought in the Pacific Theater. I have heard Papua, New Guinea and the Hump mentioned, but I wish I knew more about his life and what type of missions he flew. His brother, Donald Morris, was a navigator and flew with the Flying Tigers(whatever aircraft they flew in the China-Burma area).
Tigers flew Curtis P-40 Tomahawk for the American Volunteer Group, aka Flying Tigers. Great museum in Monroe, Louisiana.
Pilot Offficer J. Willard Thompson from my hometown of Bowden, Alberta was shot down in an RAF Consolidated Liberator TS520 in late 1944 while on a night mission over Germany.
That pilot is a bad ass
Have the turbochargers been disconnected?
Why do they always seem to start the right side engines first ?
it looks like it was made for ditching in water is this true?
My dad was a captain of the b24 ww2.
Was named "All American" but Collings Foundation repainted it and renamed it "Witchcraft." Took a photo of it when it was named "All American.
It was briefly named "The Dragon and His Tail." I think I still have photos of it in the paint.
@@markfrench8892 ."All American" was the first paint scheme name change and "The Dragon & His Tail " was the next before "Witchcraft. Just discovered this.
"Aw, hell... It's the Flying Coffin."
-Unbroken
Tail gunner removed?
How high can they fly????.
My dad was a captain of the b24 ww2 used up 6 of these and lost non of his flight crew
Perfect...
sooo, i dont know which sound i like better, idling radials or full power radials
The answer is yes. :-)
@@fight2flyphoto good call
Nice video! Did this plane originally have the blinking light, or was it added later because the FAA said they had to?
Imagine the smell coming off of that thing
Hace 55 añosPEMEX tenia un Liberatur en su flota...
Какой он красивый.
Never put down a ford product. These beautys put a lot of hurt on Hitlers Nazi Germany and broughht the boys home safe.what a beautyful airplane?.
Este apararo fue utilizados en la segunda guerra mundial.
Hey jason it's aviationgeek1424 from instagram. I actually flew in witchcraft back in 2018. Year before the b-17 909 crashed
Now i get flashbacks to when i fought off japanese zeroes in Call Of Duty Waw
Sweet😍
Imagine being on this plane during WW2?
was thinking the same thing, imagine flying into Germany at night in this thing!
So bad ass!
I think this id in Everett, WA
BOMBER.
My dream is to drive plane
nerd is standing WAY to close to props during start up. what the f was he thinking?
Lindbergh was a test pilot for the B-24 design
6x4 ?? 24 !