This is "Diamond Lil", a Consolidated B-24A Liberator and only one of two airworthy B-24s in the world- along with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the B-24 Liberator was instrumental in the strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Approximately 18,500 B-24s were built in the Second World War and it holds the titles of the most produced bomber in history, the most produced four engined aircraft in history, and the most produced American combat aircraft in history. Five plants across the United States built the Liberator with half of them being built by Ford Motor Company at a plant in Willow Run, Michigan. Working two 9-hour shifts, the Ford Willow Run plant at the height of wartime production was producing a B-24 bomber *every* 63 minutes! The large Lockheed plant in Fort Worth where the F-16 and the F-35 are built was originally built during World War II for B-24 production. #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KRBD #RBD #Dallas #airport #texas #igtexas #Consolidated #B24 #Liberator #DiamondLil #CommemorativeAirForce #USAAF #WW2 #mil_aviation_originals #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #Avgeekery #WingsOverDallas2018 #WoD2018 #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Dallas Executive Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqY1nNbF1bo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gfak084c57kd