B-24 Liberator Bomber Cutaway Drawing, 1943

B-24 Liberator Bomber Cutaway 1943
B-24 Liberator Bomber Cutaway 1943

Naturally, in the popular press of the time, Consolidated Vultee’s B-24 Liberator bomber would be hailed as a magnificent fighting machine, capable of plowing down any obstacle like cutting through butter.

While the B-24 did have its strong points, crew members had a different angle on the craft. Lately, I have been reading Laura Hillenbrand’s book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption.  The person who is the centerpiece of the book, Louis Zamperini, who was a B-24 bombardier, says that the B-24 was called other names by crew members, such as “The Constipated Lumberer,” “The Flying Coffin,” and “The Flying Brick.”

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B-24 Liberator Bomber Cutaway 1943
B-24 Liberator Bomber Cutaway 1943

 

Source:  Popular Mechanics November 1943

By Lee Wallender

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