CONSOLIDATED B-24H LIBERATOR

US AIRCRAFT IN THE MTO

The Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) was originally called North African Theater of Operations (NATO) and is an American term for the conflict that took place between Allies and Axis powers in North Africa and Italy during World War II.  US operations in the theater began with the Allied Expeditionary Force, which landed on the beaches of northwest Africa on November 8, 1942, in Operation Torch.  They ended in the Italian Alps some 31 months later, with the German surrender in May 1945.

Info:    Consolidated B-24H Liberator - 756th BS/459th BG, Giulia Field, Cerignola, Italy, 1944
Scale:    1:72
Wingspan:    18 inches

Item Number:    AA34015                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Price:    $119.95    

 Historical Note:    Radar-equipped aircraft were known as Mickey ships, and this particular B-24 was converted to the role after its nose had been badly flak-damaged during a mission.  Rebuilt with metal sheet, the forward fuselage are was duly adorned with the flamboyant paint job seen here.