A LIBERATOR EXPRESS WITH A STING (ATC “HUMP” AIRLIFT) A small number of ATC C-87 Liberator Express transports that flew the “Hump” were given a single .50 caliber machine gun mounted in a modified tail position, in order to offer a “limited” degree of protection from...
LIBERATOR EXPRESS (ATC “HUMP” AIRLIFT) The crew of a Air Transport Command, Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express transport is seen on an eastern Indian airfield. The C-87 was one of two transport aircraft developed from Consolidated’s better known B-24 Liberator heavy four engined bomber....
The Chinese and American people share a common heritage that was forged in the skies above China during the Second World War.
