Stock Photo - Mass production of Consolidated-Vultee B-24 Liberator heavy bombers at the Consolidated factory in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1944. The B-24 was the bomber produced in the greatest number during World War II (18,188 units). In 1944, the Fort Worth factory was the longest in the world (more than a kilometer). Closed in 1945, it resumed business during the Korean War, before being used to assemble General Dynamics F-16 fighters from the 1970s to the 1990s. Consolidated-Vultee was the second-largest airplane builder during World War II (behind North American), delivering 30,903 planes.