TheB-24J 5FO flown by the crew in Pueblo colorado was manufactured at the Ford Willow Run plant in Michigan and had an Emerson Electric A-15 Nose Turret. The cutaway above shows a Consolidated A-6A hydraulically-driven tail turret installed in the nose in place of the Emerson turret, typical of Liberators manufactured at the San Diego Consolidated plant.    

                             Specifications of B-24J Liberator:

Powerplant:
Four Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65 Twin Wasp fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial engines with General Electric B-22 turbosuperchargers rated at 1200 hp at 2700 rpm for takeoff and maintaining this power as a military rating up to 31,800 feet.

Performance:
Maximum speed 300 mph at 30,000 feet, 277 mph at 20,000 feet. Maximum continuous speed 278 mph at 25,000 feet. Usual combat operating speed was 180-215 mph at between 10,000 and 25,000 feet. Initial climb rate 1025 feet per minute. At a takeoff weight of 56,000 pounds, an altitude of 20,000 feet could be reached in 25 minutes. Service ceiling 28,000 feet at 56,000 pound takeoff weight. Range and endurance with a 5000-pound bombload was 1700 miles in 7.3 hours at 25,000 feet (all-up weight of 61,500 pounds) with 2364 US gallons of fuel. Landing speed 95 mph (light), 125 mph (loaded).

Weights:
38,000 pounds empty, 56,000 pounds combat, 71,200 pounds maximum overload. 2364 US gallons of fuel in main tanks, plus 450 gallons in auxiliary wing tanks and 800 gallons in extra tanks fitted in bomb bay if required.

Dimensions:
Wingspan 110 feet 0 inches, length 64 feet 2 inches, height 18 feet 0 inches, wing area 1048 square feet. Accommodation: Crew was normally ten (pilot, copilot, bombardier, nose gunner, navigator, radio operator, ball turret gunner, two waist gunners, and tail gunner).

Armament:
Ten 0.50-inch Browning machine guns in nose, upper ventral, and tail turrets and in waist positions. Maximum internal bomb load was 8000 pounds. Two 4000 pound bombs could be carried on external racks, one underneath each inner wing. Maximum short range bomb load was 12,800 pounds (by using underwing racks), but normal offensive load was 5000 pounds.

                                           The B-24L

    The B-24L was an attempt to reduce the increasing weight of the Liberator as more and more armament, equipment, and armor had been added, with no corresponding increase in engine power. The B-24L deleted the Sperry ball turret on most models and replaced it with manually-operated twin 0.50-inch machine guns fitted to a ring mount and fired through a ventral hatch behind the bomb bay.  The also replaced the Consolidated A-6B tail turret with the new M-6A "Stinger" tail turret (manually operated with a wider field of fire) which was lighter, having no hydraulics.
    The crew's tail gunner, Charlie Laynor, remembers operating the Stinger.