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B-17E “Desert Rat” Restoration Update – November 2022

November 7, 2022 WarbirdsNews 3

As many readers will be well aware, there are a number of Boeing B-17s under restoration to fly right now. Perhaps the boldest of these projects is Mike Kellner’s effort in Marengo, Illinois. He and […]

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Setting the Record Straight: B-17 Modification Centers

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The following is an edited version of Kevin “K5” Michels’ article on how the wartime manufacture of Boeing’s B-17 Flying Fortress adapted to get the best and most up-to-date variants of the aircraft to combat […]

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Third Turret Installed in The B-17 ‘City of Savannah’

June 9, 2021 WarbirdsNews 0

When B-17G 44-83814 arrived at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Savannah, Georgia during January 2009 after decades of storage at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, Dr. Harry Friedman, […]

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B-17E “Desert Rat” – March 2021 Restoration Update

March 11, 2021 WarbirdsNews 1

Mike Kellner and his team of volunteers in Morengo, Illinois have been steadily working away on the restoration of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 for much of the past four decades, and we have covered […]

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B-17E “Desert Rat” – June 2020 Restoration Update

June 15, 2020 WarbirdsNews 0

Mike Kellner and his team of volunteers in Morengo, Illinois have been steadily working away on the restoration of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 for much of the past four decades, and we have covered […]

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The Final Mission – EAA’s New Book with Personal Stories of B-17 Veterans

March 28, 2020 Editor 0

The Experimental Aircraft Association has just announced the release of a new book featuring dozens of personal stories of those who flew, built and maintained the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during WWII. These stories were […]

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National Warplane Museum Ends B-17 Operations

January 28, 2020 Editor 1

The National Warplane Museum (NWM) in Geneseo, New York has just announced that they will no longer be flying the late David Tallichet’s Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-83546, and will be returning the aircraft to […]

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Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum Announces Aircraft Adventure Series

January 13, 2019 Editor 0

The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska recently announced that it is starting a new interactive program labeled the Aircraft Adventure Series which will take place on a Saturday every few weeks this […]

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CAF WWII Heritage Days Event Honors Veterans and Medal of Honor Recipients

April 9, 2018 Editor 0

WWII Heritage Days Honors Veterans and Medal of Honor Recipients B-17 Bomber and Dixie Wing Aircraft Offer Rides PEACHTREE CITY, GA. (April 9, 2018) – Nearly 50 World War II veterans will be honored at […]

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B-17F Memphis Belle Moves to Air Force Museum’s WWII Gallery

March 21, 2018 WarbirdsNews 2

The National Museum of the United States Air Force has officially completed the restoration of their historic Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Memphis Belle. A few days ago, Museum personnel moved the famous bomber into her […]

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Of all the supersonic interceptors which emerged during the 1950s, it is doubtful that any are as charismatic nor more futuristic-looking than the iconic Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. It is easily one of the most elegant […]

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