B-17 Flying Fortress Restoration

The Arrival Of The Wwii B-17 Bomber At The National Museum Of The Mighty Eighth Air Force In January Of 2009 Ini-tiated A Great Adventure For A Group Of Warbird Lovers From The Nearby Commu-nities 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. This Book Is The Story Of The Six Year Effort By A Team Of Volunteers To Over-come The Challenges They Faced And To Fulfill Their Dream To Create A Lasting Sym-bol To Honor Their Fathers And Grandfa-thers And All Of The Veterans Who Served In The Mighty Eighth During Wwii.