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Dad, R/O with the 467th, flew 26 missions including Dec 24/25, 1944 to disrupt the Nazi Ardennes Offensive. I'm writing an imagined bio of the Dec 23 mission. He was a great guy and lived to 86, going back to the sky in 2009.

These old girls need to be preserved and kept airworthy as a tribute to the whole generation who saved their freedom to pass on to us lesser mortals, the men who designed them, the just too old for war men who built them, the young housewives and girls who learned to make them, the ferry pilots who delivered them and above all the mere kids who took them to war for all our freedom.......LEST WE FORGET THEIR SACRIFICE!

great video but you HAVE to slow the camera movement down, it literally makes me sick moving so fast

That's a bad mf

It's amazing just how generous Daryl Bond was in allowing so many earn their unlimited ticket and P-51 rating. Then allow you to borrow it from time to time. Great man. Nice vid Casey. I recall many back seat runs in Lady jo with Daryl. Good times. Mike W.

When my Grandfather flew the B-24 he had no Assistance from avionics. This sucks and is so millennial. Fuckk off! Get real!

That is awesome 👍👍

Wow. Am reading The Wild Blue (by Stephen Ambrose) re McGovern’s B-24 experiences. This gave a great insight into the CRM to get airborne and back down. Thanks!

great video! it's impressive to learn that this impressive machine was practically disposable, made not to last long.

My dad was a waist gunner on a 24. Did all his missions over Germany and somehow lived he never talked about it like so many but never had much good to say about the 24 has an adult I was forbidden to go near the plane or let alone go for a ride in one. Later , war stories my dad shared with me confirmed what a dangerous piece of junk this plane really was

Why the music????

Same with mine. North Africa to Italy.

What a nice job! When I get a little more settled in my airline career, I’m going to try and affiliate with a CAF squadron. I used to fly with the CAF as a small child. What fun! Keep um flying!!

Which bird and where was this? My grandpa was a Flight Eng on a Lib in the 722nd Holy Joe

One of these aircraft crashed on the moors above Burnley l and in February 1943.ok

looks like fun without zeros or german fighters trying to kill you

👍👍👍

Lest we forget 41-24301

At the beginning, are you forced to put this shit music with autotune ????

Wow... that was beautiful I'd take a ride in a B-24 over any other warbird. Alas, AFAIK none flying in Europe anymore. The Liberator has a special place in my heart after reading "De Dag Van De Liberator" (The Day Of The Liberator), an awesome (dutch language) narrative about 42-7650's crash landing in the Netherlands, and the story of her crew. Sure, B-17's are purdy, but none moves melike this short video clip just did. Thanks for uploading this.

To fly like a Liberator. Gonna free some soils ta nite

I had the opportunity to fly on the Collings Foundation B-24 back in 2016, instead of my annual flight on their B-17. I would tell anyone that the flight experiences are completely different and it all depends on which one you love the most. You can explore some areas of the planes during the walk-through tours, but when you fly on them you have access to areas that the general public doesn't. You can climb into the front and rear gun turrets on the B-24 and access the bombardier position through a narrow crawlspace alongside the front-nose landing gear. One thing about the B-24 is that the area behind the bomb bay is so large and open, unlike any other WWII warbird and it has small staircases of all things!

Can someone share what is new (not original equipment) on the instrument panel

My mother was a "Rosie the Riveter" who worked at a subcontractor factory in Detroit that made components for B-24s assembled at the Ford Bomber Plant in Willow Run, MI. She started fabricating speed rings for mounting the engines and then was promoted to building wing sections. Edsel Ford developed improvements in the assembly and logistics processes that enabled the plant to produce "a bomber an hour" around the clock. Made the B-24 the most produced American aircraft. Also once had a co-worker who was a ball turret gunner in a B-24. A very dangerous position on any airplane but especially hazardous on a Liberator. The turret retracted into the fuselage and the gunner could only enter or leave the turret when it was retracted. If battle damage or another malfunction prevented the turret from retracting, the gunner was stuck inside. This was a real problem when landing as the turret had the possibility of hitting the runway on contact causing serious injury or death to the gunner.

F u c k i n g m u s i c f u c k 🧠

My grandfather logged hours in this aircraft before being stationed in England as a B-17G pilot.

I was curious as how these birds were difficult to fly so I watched this to see what they meant. I see lot of prep and crossover handling with pilot/co-pilot.

Kill the the music

Quit moving your head

My Dad was a navigator with 392nd group in a B24 out of Wendling, England and made 35 missions from 1944 to the war's end. Great video.

Thaaaat was kewl man. You lucky suckers. Do you know how many guys would give their left arm to do what you guys do?? Lol cheers to an excellent video..

Rather hear the plane than the music

¡¡¡Espectacular. !!! Una sensación de estar ahí. Muchas gracias por subir el video . Saludos desde Argentina

Awesome

SO much better without the music!!! Thanks

As a pilot id feel Awfully Exposed in that open cockpit..all that glass around me. The B17 cockpit looks safer. A flying milkcrate! But many swore by em..(ford fans)? I think more of them were built/Flown in combat? Neat.

You know the ‘music’ kills this, right?

Spectacular

Great flick but could have cut the music. Took away from the experience honestly.

Nice plane!..my dad flew one of these in Alaska during the war

Great video! I flew on this B-24 twice, can't tell you how amazing it was! My father was a Radio Operator on the B-24s. Stationed in Hethel, England he flew 15 missions and was involved in a mi-air collision with another B-24 over their airbase in England. 17 killed, my dad and his Bombardier made it out as well as the pilot from the other aircraft. My dad was shot down his very next mission on Christmas Day in '44 during the Battle of the Bulge. He made it back after hiding out a few days in the Ardennes. Unbelievably, in 2017 his airplane was discovered in LaFosse, Belgium! I went there with family members to take part in a dig to uncover more parts. Check out documentary on TH-cam named the GhostPlane of LaFosse.

Get rid of that Lame music. It's just damn annoying. Title is way off because of the music inserted where the spoken words on operation should be. I need realism, not Hollywood here.

Has the B24 got electric elevator trim?

Nice one.

AWESOME!!

Why did the captain have his hands on the controls when the FO was taking off and landing? Huge pet peeve of mine.

A neighbor of ours was a B-24 pilot during the war, he told us a story that was hilarious! One day they got word that the neighboring base just recived a shipment of beer! They decided to fly the B-24 there to pick up a load of beer for their squadron. They didn't get permission, they just took it upon themselves to go anyway. They loaded up the cargo bay and proceeded to get back to their base. They decided to make a low level pass around the squadrons quarter's to let them know their beer mission was successful. But as they made a tight low level turn over the barracks, the cargo door opened and all the beer fell out, bombing the barracks with extreme accuracy! Lucky, no one was hurt, but the base commander was not too pleased! He failed to see the humour in it! I love the men and women who served or are still serving in our military ! May God bless you all and all that are dear to you! And may God bless America!

I guess you wouldn't say, "Floor it"!!!! You might say something like, "Control panel it"!!!! Hahaha!!! Pour it on!!!! 👍❤🇺🇸

Howdy Jim Harley!

Not a computer in sight - the pilots are flying the airplane !! My dad was a B-24 combat pilot and had one shot out from under him by German AAA, and then they invited him to be their guest at Stalag Luft I., My dad loved the Liberator for the rest of his life.