Subject: Bomber Series--Consolidated B-24 Liberator (15 of ??)

From: [email-masked] (Joe Baugher)
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 23:13:40 GMT

The XB-24F was a single B-24D-CO (41-11678) that was fitted with an 
experimental thermal anti-icing system for tests by NACA at Moffett 
Field, California.  It was delivered on May 13, 1942.  It never 
materialized in production form.  

Sources:

    Famous Bombers of the Second World War, William Green, 
    Doubleday, 1959.

    British Military Aircraft Serials, 1912-1969, Bruce Robertson,
    Ian Allen, 1969.

    Liberator: America's Global Bomber, Alwyn T. Lloyd,
    Pictorial Histories Publishing Co, Inc, 1993.

    B-24 Liberator in Action, Larry Davis, Squadron/Signal Publications
    Inc, 1987.

    General Dynamics Aircraft and Their Predecesssors, John Wegg,
    Naval Institute Press, 1990.

    United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon Swanborough
    and Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.

    American Combat Planes, 3rd Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner,
    Doubleday, 1982.

    Jane's American Fighting Aircraft of the 20th Century,  Michael
    J.H. Taylor, Mallard Press.

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