Editing Consolidated B-24 Liberator (section)

====Radar/Electronic warfare and PGM deployment====
[[File:Phoenix-Deer Valley Airport-Wings of Freedom-B-24 J Liberator-7.JPG|thumb|The bomb bay of a surviving B-24J Liberator in 2016]]

The B-24 advanced the use of electronic warfare and equipped Search Bomber (SB), Low Altitude (LAB) and Radar Counter Measure (RCM) squadrons in addition to high-altitude bombing. Among the specialized squadrons were the 20th RS (RCM), 36th BS (RCM), 406th NLS, 63rd BS (SB) SeaHawks, 373rdBS (LAB) and 868th BS (SB) Snoopers.

The [[36th Bombardment Squadron]] was the Eighth Air Force's only electronic warfare squadron using specially equipped B-24s to jam German VHF communications during large Eighth Air Force daylight raids. In addition, the 36th BS flew night missions with RAF Bomber Command's own electronic warfare unit [[No. 100 Group RAF|100 Group]] at [[RAF Sculthorpe]]. Radar Counter Measures (RCM) was code-named Carpet, however, this should not be confused with agent and supply drops, code-named "Carpetbaggers".

The B-24 was the platform for the pioneering use of the Americans' [[Azon]] laterally-guidable [[precision-guided munition]] ordnance design, a pioneering [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] radio-guided munition system during World War II. The ordnance of 1,000&nbsp;lb weight, was deployed operationally by USAAF B-24s in both Europe and the [[China-Burma-India Theater|CBI theaters]]. The Eighth Air Force's [[458th Bombardment Group]] deployed the guided Azon ordnance in Europe between June and September 1944,<ref>Reynolds, George. [http://www.458bg.com/azonproject.htm "The AZON Project."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106093918/http://www.458bg.com/azonproject.htm |date=6 January 2020 }} ''458bg.com'', Retrieved: 25 December 2014.</ref> while the [[Tenth Air Force]]'s [[93rd Air Refueling Squadron#World War II|493rd Bomb Squadron]] employed it against Japanese railroad bridges on the [[Burma Railway]] in early 1945, fulfilling the intended original purpose of the Azon system.<ref>Marion. [http://www.netcore.us/1/afm/azonbomb.html "Old China Hands, Tales & Stories – The Azon Bomb."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306191038/http://www.netcore.us/1/afm/azonbomb.html |date=6 March 2012 }} ''oldchinahands''. Retrieved: 20 March 2012.</ref>