Tag: Liberator

Free Download Martin W. Bowman – The B-24 Liberator 1939-45
Patrick Stephens Ltd | 1989 | ISBN: 185260073X | English | 144 pages | PDF | 129.63 MB
Used in all theaters of World War II, the B-24 bomber is depicted in photographs and eyewitness accounts of its use in pathfinding, combat, Resistance support, and transport.

Free Download Edward Shacklady – Consolidated B-24 Liberator (Classic WWII Aviation 3)
Cerberus Publishing | 2005 | ISBN: 1841451061 | English | 184 pages | PDF | 106.53 MB
Although overshadowed, to a large extent, by the B-17 Flying Fortress the B-24 Liberator was made in greater quantity, and used by more Allied air forces on every front of the Second World War. The first operational models were used by the Royal Air Force as a transport on the North Atlantic ferry service. The RAF Liberator I, used both as a bomber in North Africa and as a long-range Coastal Command patroller, had ASV (air-to-surface vessel) radar and four 20mm cannons. Its armament was greatly improved when powered turrets in the tail and mid-upper positions were incorporated into the Liberator II. As a heavy bomber it saw service in the Pacific with the USAAF; in North Africa and Italy with the RAF and USAAF. Specially equipped Liberators were also used to drop agents and equipment in Occupied Europe on behalf of the OSS (Office of Strategic Service), SOE (Special Operations Executive) and SIS (Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6).

Free Download Chris Wroblewski, Garth Barnard, Julian Elfer (Narrator), "Sabotage!: An In-Depth Investigation of the 1943 Liberator Crash that Killed Polish General Sikorski"
English | ASIN: B0D4G6CNGW | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~05:05:00 | 140 MB
On the night of July 4, 1943, transport aircraft Liberator AL523 took off from Gibraltar’s North Front tarmac and within moments crashed into the sea with only one survivor, the pilot. The commander-in-chief of the Polish army and prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, was dead.
Rumors as to the cause of the crash abounded. Was it pilot error? Was it, as officially classified, merely an accident, or was it, as the authors conclude in this riveting and meticulous study, an act of sabotage?
In this extensive piece of research, Chris Wroblewski and Garth Barnard examine numerous primary sources, including the complete court of inquiry transcripts, produce detailed analysis of aircraft components and systems, and unearth many little-known eyewitness accounts to give this investigation a compelling conclusion. Within the book the authors also dispel several conspiracy theories that have emerged since this catastrophe; particularly that this event was a disastrous assassination attempt with blame on the British, Soviets, and Nazis.

Free Download Roger Freeman – B-24 Liberator at War
Ian Allan | 1983 | ISBN: 0711012644 | English | 136 pages | PDF | 149.33 MB
The B-24 Liberator was the most widely used four-engined aircraft of World War II, with a total of 19,256 being built. Built with Pacific distances in mind, the B-24 had a very long range and served the U.S. Army Air Force in both Europe and the Pacific, and also equipped RAF squadrons in Burma. The true character of such a long-serving aircraft cannot be deduced from its technical specifications, and this classic account draws on many first-hand experiences of those who actually flew the plane. The B-24’s most important moments are covered, along with less well-known operations, all backed up with numerous photographs.