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Item GUI 2003, Giant Scale WWII Models Wing Span 48-1/2 inches,
Scale 1/28. The B-24 Liberator was built in greater quantities than any other
U.S. bomber of World War 2. The prototype model was produced by the Consolidated
Aircraft Corp. with the first XB-24 taking to the air on Dec. 29, 1939. It
featured the revolutionary Davis wing design that enabled the B-24 to carry the
same payload as its rival the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress but at a much greater
speed and range. Over 18,000 Liberators were built during the war. Of all the
European operations in which B-24s were involved, the initial raid on the
Ploesti oil refinery in southern Rumania on Aug. 1, 1943 was by far the most
dramatic because it was heavily defended by anti-aircraft guns as well as
squadrons of German Luftwaffe and Royal Rumanian Air Force Fighters. Of the 164
B-24s engaged, 53 were shot down or lost enroute, 23 were forced down and only
88 returned to base. "Jerk's Natural", the subject of this kit, was a
Ploesti bomb group survivor.
PVHC Price: $93.49
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