B-17 Flying Fortress Restoration by Jerome Mclaughlin
The arrival of the WI 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 WI 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.
Jerry McLaughlin brought together his broad experiences as a history teacher, project manager, and author to write B-17 Flying Fortress Restoration. A native of the Borough of Queens in New York City, Jerry was raised in Lynbrook, New York and graduated from Long Island University with a degree in United States History and Education in 1973. He served in the United States Army from 1969-1971. After a thirty-year career with the Federal government, he retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003 as a member of the Agency's Senior Intelligence Service. Jerry's first book, D-Day +60 Years, was published in 2004. He and his wife, Denise, reside on Skidaway Island outside of Savannah, Georgia, with a recently rescued Wheaten Terrier who now goes by the name of Annie.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781940013251 |
| ISBN 10 | 1940013259 |
| Title | B-17 Flying Fortress Restoration |
| Author | Jerome Mclaughlin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Dudley Court Press |
| Year published | 2020-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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