On this day in aviation history, December 29, 1939, the first prototype of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator made its first ...
the B-24 was often referred to as a "Flying Coffin" while the b-17 was called a "Flying Fortress." B-24 was a “Flying Coffin”? Other aircraft, such as the Mig-21, also acquired this strange ...
The B-17 Flying Fortress made its mark on history and became among the most famous aircraft of the Second World War.