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Consolidated B-24 Vol 1 Legends of Warfare Aviation by David Doyle Hard Cover
Consolidated B-24 Vol 1 Legends of Warfare Aviation by David Doyle
Hard Cover
112 pages
Copyright 2018
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 004
CHAPTER 1005
CHAPTER 2007
CHAPTER 3015
CHAPTER 4019
CHAPTER 5023
CHAPTER 6027
CHAPTER 7031
CHAPTER 8092
CHAPTER 9100
CHAPTER 10104
CHAPTER 11106
CHAPTER 12108
INTRODUCTION
Boeing's 1935 B-17 Flying Fortress design gave the United States its first production heavy bomber. Seeking to expand production of the B-17, in 1938, the Army Air Corps asked that Consolidated evaluate the B-17 and issue a proposal to build the Flying Fortress under license.
Following an examination not only of the B-17, but also the Boeing production methodology, Consolidated countered the Air Corps request that they instead produce a new heavy bomber possessing greater range, higher ceiling, and higher speed than the B-17, whose design dated to 1935.
In January 1939, the Air Corps, indicating an agreement to Consolidated's counter offer, issued specification C-212, basically copying the criteria that Consolidated had issued with their new design, which they had designated as Model 32.
Central to the design of the Model 32 was the shoulder-mounted high aspect-ratio Davis wing. This type of airfoil had previously been used on the Consolidated Model 31, the XP4Y Corregidor. Designer David R. Davis had engineered this airfoil section to mimic the shape of a raindrop. Davis, who was not a Consolidated employee, had offered company president Reuben Fleet a license to use his wing design for a fee of $2,500 plus .5% of the sales price, less government furnished equipment, of any aircraft incorporating his wing design.
While indeed the Davis wing of the B-24 was very aerodynamically efficient at the speeds the B-24 would operate in, the B-24 had less wing area than did the B-17, despite a six-foot increase in wingspan. As a result, wing loadings were higher; in practice this resulted in some unpleasant flight characteristics when the bomber was heavily laden and operating at high altitudes.
In addition to the Davis wing upon which were mounted four engines, the Model 32 sported dual vertical stabilizers, and two bomb bays closed by all-metal, roll-type bomb bay doors.
The B-24, dubbed the Liberator as a result of a naming contest amongst Consolidated employees, would go on to become not only the most-produced bomber of World War II, but also the most-produced US military aircraft of all time.
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