The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten Album Caption: 'B-24 Liberator in Revetment' - CBI Theater Archive

Handwritten Album Caption: 'B-24 Liberator in Revetment' - CBI Theater Archive

A handwritten album caption reading 'B-24 Liberator in revetment' identifies a wartime photograph of a Consolidated B-24 heavy bomber sheltered in a protective earthen emplacement. Revetments like this were standard features at CBI Theater airfields, designed to protect valuable aircraft from bomb fragments during enemy air raids. Project: 218381