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Consolidated B-24J
Computer Controlled Aircraft
The B-24 Liberator was produced in greater numbers than any other American aircraft of World War II, with 18,000 rolling off the assembly lines. The B-24 wasn't as handsome as its strategic bombing partner, the Boeing B-17. The slab-sided Liberator looked, and handled, like a big truck, but it could carry four tons of bombs internally, and could carry them much further. On the other hand, its thin Davis wing made the Liberator very hard to hold in formation at high altitudes, it couldn't fly as high as the B-17 and so was somewhat more prone to punishment from flak and fighters, and it was not as resistant to battle damage. Nevertheless, the Liberator was well-armed and proved to be as tough to attack as the Flying Fortress.
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