Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Beginning in mid-1943, the Liberator became the mainstay of the RCAF's airborne battle against the U-boats in the Atlantic. Their "long legs" enabled the Allies to effectively close the air gap between Iceland and Newfoundland where convoys were at the mercy of Doenitz's wolf packs, concentrations of German submarine forces which preyed on Allied shipping.
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A B-24 Liberator crosses the path of a bulk carrier. The B-24 was the mainstay of the Royal Canadian Air Force's battle against Germen U-boats in the Atlantic during the Second World War.
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