B-24s in Action on Instagram: "PTO - Rare footage coming from the #5thbombgroup (Bomber Barons) as one of its B-24 Liberators shows a feathered No. 3 engine. This engine powered the hydraulic pump and its loss would create a host of issues, including brake, flap and landing gear concerns. Note the mid-1944 shield markings on the tail prior the group’s switch to geometric shapes. ————————————————— #warinthepacific #13thairforce #b24liberator #bombers #b24 #instaviation #ww2aviation #ww2aircraft #

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B-24s in Action on Instagram: "Lost in chaos of the Pearl Harbor attack was a clandestine B-24A Liberator operation that was literally stopped in its tracks as a result of the raid and destroyed on the ground 84 years ago today. The story behind it was closely guarded in the post-war era, as it was one of two Liberators designated to fly a reconnaissance mission over the Japanese Mandates to obtain photographic intelligence - prior to hostilities- of Japanese military and naval bases, which had