Consolidated B-24D Liberator

Plastic model kit for building a U.S. American Consolidated B-24D Liberator Bomber

• Scale 1:72
• Dimensions (built): Length 465 mm / Wingspan 298 mm
• 258 parts
• 2 marking options
  • 41-24301 'Lady Be Good', 514th Bomb Squadron, 376th Bomb Group, Ninth Air Force, United States Air Force, Soluch, Libya, March 1943
  • 41-24290 'Hell's Belle', 400th Bomb Squadron, 90th Bomb Group, Fifth Air Force, United States Air Force, Iron Range Airfield, Queensland, Australia, mid-1943
• Unbuilt / unpainted
• Paint and glue not included

Development of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, the second of the large four-engine heavy American bombers of World War II, began after the Army Air Corps approached the company about building B-17 Flying Fortresses. Consolidated was unimpressed by this prospect and proposed designing and producing its own bomber in the same time it would take to set up production lines—and it would be better than a Flying Fortress.

When its XB-24 prototype took flight on December 29, 1939, the aircraft was visually quite different from the B-17 Flying Fortress. With its shoulder-mounted, thin wings, low but narrow fuselage, and twin-boom tail, it resembled a seaplane.

After its introduction into the USAAF in 1941, the B-24 Liberator was produced in large numbers, saw service in all theaters of World War II, and made a significant contribution to the Allied war effort.