One of the most recognizable aircraft of World War II, the B-24 saw action around the world and produced by the thousands. [.

The Ford team found it would need 5 miles of wire, cut into almost 3,000 pieces ranging in length from 8 inches to 32 feet, for a B-24. The ... on its tricycle landing gear — a new design ...

And it wasn't simply the RAF that made use of the Liberator. Even Germany, which had captured crashed B-24 Liberators, used the landing gear of B-24s for testing on the newer aircraft they were ...