Illinois man has spent 40 years rebuilding a WWII-era B-17 bomber in his barn

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cafard · 1h ago

"The military wanted a new breed of bomber that would be able to travel beyond enemy lines at great distances and drop bombs with precision. It needed to be able to reach altitudes high enough to fly outside of the range of enemy antiaircraft artillery."

The precision was never what it might have been, and there were substantial losses to flak. But it was an impressive machine for its day.

potato3732842 · 2h ago

Good for him. That's a hell of a project.

spanktheuser · 1h ago

Well well… had no idea this was going on a few miles from me.

toomuchtodo · 5h ago

Project page: https://www.facebook.com/12595DesertRat/

frasermarlow · 5h ago

"This restoration isn't just for show. Mike Kellner wants to fly the 'Desert Rat.'"

erikig · 3h ago

Wishing him the best, I recently watched some flights of the B24 Bomber "Witchcraft" which that team maintains and flies regularly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcZmiFMlR3g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km3p-fapIMg

Seeing them in flight is a nice memorial to the bravery of the kids that originally flew these.

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Illinois man has spent 40 years rebuilding a WWII-era B-17 bomber in his barn

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