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font-weight: bold;">B-24 Liberator</span><br /> <a href="#specs">Specifications</a> | <a href="#achievements">Achievements</a> <!-- | <a href="#features">Features</a>--> <!-- | <a href="#background">Background</a>--> | <a href="#photos">Photos</a><br /> <hr style="width: 300px;" /><br /> <img ondblclick='addtoFavs()' src='https://cdn.globalaircraft.org/media/img/planes/lowres/b-24_5.jpg' width='400' alt='B-24 Liberator' title='B-24 Liberator' /><hr style="width: 90%;" /> <br /><br /> </div> <!--END HEADER--> <!--BEGIN SPECIFICATIONS--> <div style="text-align: center; width: 570px;"> <a id='specs'></a> <div style="background-color: #000077; text-align: left; padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px;"> <span class="reg4" style="color: #ffffff;">B-24 Liberator Specifications</span> </div> <div style="background-color: #EFEFEF; text-align: left; padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px;"> <table border='0' cellspacing='3' cellpadding='1' style='width: 100%;' class='reg1'> <tr> <td><b>Primary Function:</b></td> <td>Bomber</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Contractor:</b></td> <td>Consolidated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Crew:</b></td> <td>Ten</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Unit Cost:</b></td> <td>~$336,000</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' style='background-color: #88BBFF;'><b>Powerplant</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Four Pratt & Whitney R-1830-43 or -65 fourteen cylinder radial engines at 1,200 hp</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' style='background-color: #88BBFF;'><b>Dimensions</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Length:</b></td> <td>67 ft, 2 in (20.47 m)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Wingspan:</b></td> <td>110 ft (33.53 m)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Height:</b></td> <td>18 ft (5.49 m)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' style='background-color: #88BBFF;'><b>Weights</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Empty:</b></td> <td>37,000 lb (16,798 kg)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style='width: 125px;'><b>Maximum Takeoff:</b></td> <td>65,000 lb (29,510 kg) -- operational</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' style='background-color: #88BBFF;'><b>Performance</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Speed:</b></td> <td>290 mph (467 km/h)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Ceiling:</b></td> <td>28,000 ft (8,540 m)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Range:</b></td> <td>2,200 mi (3,540 km)</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' style='background-color: #88BBFF;'><b>Armament</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td>Six .50-calibre guns; internal bomb load of 8,000 lb (3,632 kg) w/ optional external bomb racks</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan='2' style='background-color: #88BBFF;'><b>Service Life</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>First Flight:</b></td> <td>December 29, 1939 (XB-24)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>End of Service:</b></td> <td>1944</td> </tr> <tr> <td><b>Number Built:</b></td> <td>B-24D (2,698) + B-24J (6,678) + B-24M (2,593) + B-24L (1,667) + 4,385 others [~18,021 total]</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="reg1" style="background-color: #EFEFEF; text-align: right; padding: 5px;"> <a href="#top">^ Top ^</a> </div> <br /><br /> </div> <!--END SPECIFICATIONS--> <!--BEGIN ACHIEVEMENTS--> <div style="text-align: center; width: 570px;"> <a id='achievements'></a> <div style="background-color: #000077; text-align: left; padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px;"> <span class="reg4" style="color: #ffffff;">B-24 Liberator Achievements</span> </div> <div class="reg1p5" style="background-color: #EFEFEF; text-align: left; padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px;"> <ul style='margin-bottom:0px;'> <li>The B-24 was produced in even greater numbers than the B-17 Flying Fortress</li> <li>Liberators are recorded to having dropped over 630,000 tons of bombs</li> </ul> </div> <div class="reg1" style="background-color: #EFEFEF; 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