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Slocum B24 Diamond Lil Up Close 2013 copy

B-24 Getaway Gertie Commemoration Planned to Include Diamond Lil Flyover

June 20, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE A commemoration ceremony for B-24 Getaway Gertie will go on rain or shine on Saturday, June 24. The event will honor the lost airmen of the B-24 Liberator Getaway Gertie, which crashed into […]

Bombers Go Down to Georgia

March 5, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 3

PRESS RELEASE – In cities across the U.S., vintage military aircraft rest quietly in museums, where school children and tourists admire them, take their pictures, and leave them behind closed doors at the end of […]

World War II Airmen Reunited with B-24 Liberator

October 28, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 7

PRESS RELEASE – On Friday October 16, 2015, five veterans of the World War II-era United States Army Air Forces gathered with their families at the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) National Airbase at Dallas Executive […]

CAF B 24 Diamond Lil Photo by Scott Slocum

B-24 Liberator ‘Diamond Lil’ Going to Georgia

March 10, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – PEACHTREE CITY, GA (March 10, 2015) – A rare 1940s B-24 Liberator bomber will highlight this year’s World War II Heritage Days, hosted by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing on […]

Commemorative Air Force Announces East Coast Tour for B-24 “Diamond Lil”

May 30, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 5

The Commemorative Air Force has just announced that their unique B-24A Liberator known as “Diamond Lil” will be making a tour of North America’s east coast in June. Some of the notable events that the […]

NWOC Guest Speaker Announcement and Warbird Rides

January 31, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The world’s largest gathering of warbird owners, operators, maintainers and suppliers will soon meet at the 20th Anniversary National Warbird Operator Conference. The schedule of activities is getting busier day-by-day, and NWOC expect it to be their […]

Consolidated B 24 Liberator “Diamond Lil

CAF’s FIFI and Diamond Lil to Attend EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh

March 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Examples of two of World War II’s most revered aircraft, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, “FIFI” and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, “Diamond Lil” have been scheduled to attend EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 as part of the […]

B-24 “Diamond Lil”

B-24 Getaway Gertie Commemoration Planned to Include Diamond Lil Flyover

Bombers Go Down to Georgia

World War II Airmen Reunited with B-24 Liberator

B-24 Liberator ‘Diamond Lil’ Going to Georgia

Commemorative Air Force Announces East Coast Tour for B-24 “Diamond Lil”

NWOC Guest Speaker Announcement and Warbird Rides

CAF’s FIFI and Diamond Lil to Attend EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh

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