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M/P on guard casts an eye over Consolidated B-24J-1-CO Liberator "Bolivar" 42-72994, 27th Bomb Sqn, 30th Bomb Grp, 7th Air Force. 'Bolivar', part of the 30th Bomber Group. The A/C was so famous it was sent home in 1944 to help raise money on a War Bond Tour. A veteran of 81 combat missions with three different flight crews. As such it was a very unusual veteran of the Pacific, unheard of among B-24s. The record for a B-24 during WWII was 114 combat missions for a plane in Europe . Someone in Washington D.C. thought it would boost bond sales for folks to be able to see and touch an aluminum clad hero so they sent 'Bolivar' home. Flying in Southern California turned out to be more difficult than the Pacific. The Bolivar crash landed on November 11, 1944 at Vultee Field in Los Angeles and was trucked to a scrap yard.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Bolivar

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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