The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was one of the first heavy bombers employed by the Allies during World War 2. It fought alongside the iconic Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress across all continents and was ...
The city of Ploiești, Romania, was better known during World War 2 as Hitler's gas station. The country produced a third of the Reich's oil supply, which made it a prime target for the Allies. At the ...
CHICAGO — First Lt. Edward T. McGuire, a graduate of the Mount Carmel High School class of 1939, died Aug. 1, 1943, at the age of 22 when his B-24 Liberator bomber went down near Ploiesti, Romania, ...