Title
Assembly of B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, United States, 1944.
Caption
Mass production of Consolidated-Vultee B-24 Liberator heavy bombers at the Consolidated factory in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1944.
The B-24 was the bomber produced in the greatest number during World War II (18,188 units).
In 1944, the Fort Worth factory was the longest in the world (more than a kilometer). Closed in 1945, it resumed business during the Korean War, before being used to assemble General Dynamics F-16 fighters from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Consolidated-Vultee was the second-largest airplane builder during World War II (behind North American), delivering 30,903 planes.
Date
1944
Credit line
Photo12/Collection Bernard Crochet
Reference
CRO01169_021
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
12,7Mb (887,5Kb) / 7,9in x 6,3in / 2362 x 1878 (300dpi)