Consolidated XB-24F Liberator

Last revised August 14, 1999





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:

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

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

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

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

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

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