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1. B-17 Flying Fortress Restoration : The Story of a World War II Bomber's Return to Glory in Honor of the Veterans of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

Author

Jerome J. McLaughlin and Jerome J. McLaughlin

Subjects
History, Personal narratives, Re´cits personnels, United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th--, United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th, B-17 bomber--Conservation and restoration--Per, B-17 bomber--Maintenance and repair--Personal, B-17 bomber--History, World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, America
Abstract

The arrival of the WWII B-17 bomber at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in January of 2009 initiated a great adventure for a group of warbird lovers from the nearby communities as they united to restore that B-17. The dream of the volunteers was to honor the WWII veterans of the Eighth Air Force—some of whom were literally their fathers—by restoring the B-17 to its original pristine condition. The group was challenged by the fact that the airplane had been in storage for more than two decades following a long working life, and was far from the gleaming symbol of power that it had been in 1945.

Published
2016

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