But before the design could be ordered the war concluded. The B-24’s slab-sided fuselage earned the aircraft its nickname, the “Flying Boxcar.” The fuselage was constructed around two ...

Some 4,000 feet of rubber and metal tubing coursed through the B-24, shunting fuel and fluids through the aircraft. The B-24 carried 18 rubber fuel cells, 12 in the center wing and three more in ...

The left and right waist gunners defended the B-24's sides while their fellow gunners defended the nose, top, bottom and tail of the aircraft. (READ MORE: Exhibit for Chattanooga's Capt.