![]() ![]() Numbering is from 0 which is a Datum point in the extreme Nose to the Datum point 10.0 at the Tail. Circumferential Frames or Stations are of aluminium lipped-channel and are notched to pass over the Stringers and the spacing between stations is approximately 1ft 6in. ![]() ![]() Heavy Section Longerons carry Loads through the Bomb Bays and other Fuselage openings. Running longitudinally are rolled aluminium Z-section Stringers spaced approximately 6in apart, but with reduced spacing where greater strength is required in areas such as the Bomb Bays. #VOLTAGE BOMBER CREW SKIN#The deep oval Fuselage is of all-metal, stressed skin and is defined as a semi-monocoque design. The description that follows is typical for a late production B-24J Series, any significant variations with other versions are highlighted. The many different versions of the B-24 varied a great deal in the detail of their internal equipment. The clever design of the B-24s deep Fuselage & Twin Bomb Bays meant extra Fuel could be carried in one Bay and a useful load of Bombs in the other, giving the Aircraft exceptional range for its time. When this Wing was married to the box-like Liberator Fuselage and successive versions were required to carry ever increasing weights of Military Equipment, the performance promise of the early design became a distant memory. The most radical feature was perhaps the efficient, high aspect ratio Davis Wing, which promised to bestow the Liberator with a low-drag, high-lift performance. The Liberator design incorporated advances in Aerodynamics & Technology that were some 5 years more advanced than the Flying Fortress. 30 caliber (7.62mm) Browning M1919 Machine Guns. The Navigator & Bombardier, who could also double as a Nose or ‘ Wiggly Ear’ Gunner (Guns mounted in the Sides of the Aircraft Nose), sat in the Nose, fronted on the pre- B-24H models with a well-framed “Greenhouse” Nose with some 24 glazed panels in total, with 2 flexible Ball-mounts built into it for forward defensive Firepower using. The Pilot & Co-pilot sat alongside each other in a well-glazed Cockpit. The Liberator carried a Crew of up to 10. The B-24 was used in WW2 by every Branch of the American Armed Forces, as well as by several Allied Air Forces & Navies, attaining a distinguished War Record with its Operations in the Western European, Pacific, Mediterranean & China-Burma-India Theatres and in Anti-Submarine Warfare. It was known within the Company as the Model 32, and some initial Models were laid down as Export Models designated as various LB-30′s, in the Land Bomber design category. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American Heavy Bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. For example if you place an order on a bank holiday Monday for next-day delivery, your order will be dispatched on the Tuesday and arrive on the Wednesday.111 OTU B24 Liberators at Windsor Field, Nassau, LO is B.III BZ762 and MA is GR.V BZ810 Any next-day delivery orders placed on a bank holiday will be dispatched on the next working day. Please note we do not dispatch orders on a bank holiday. Order Premium Next Day Delivery before 2.00PM on a Friday for delivery on the Monday (Any orders placed after this time will get dispatched on the Monday) Order Premium Next Day Delivery before 2.00PM on a Thursday for delivery on the Friday Should you wish to arrange Premium Next Day Delivery for delivery on a Saturday please contact us and we will be able to arrange this at extra cost. The cut-off time for orders to receive guaranteed same day dispatch is 2.00PM. ![]() Standard delivery time is up to 5 working days once shipped : Premium Next Day arrives one business day after dispatch (Weather and road conditions permitting). Please contact us for Non-Mainland Europe orders. If the order value is under £50 there is a delivery charge of £3.49 or £7.95 for Premium Next Day Delivery.ĮUROPE: We have a standard delivery charge of £15.00 to mainland Europe. Valid for UK mainland orders only (Offer excludes Northern Ireland, Scottish Islands, Isle of Man). #VOLTAGE BOMBER CREW FREE#UK MAINLAND DELIVERY: All orders over £50 are FREE delivery unless you request Premium Next Day Delivery, at an additional charge of £4.95 ![]()
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