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Hidden warbirds : the epic stories of finding, recovering, and rebuilding WWII's lost aircraft / Nick A. Veronico.

Author/creator Veronico, Nick, 1961-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis, Minnesota : Zenith Press, an imprint of MBI Publishing, 2013.
Description256 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction: how the hunt for hidden warbirds has evolved -- Up from under water -- Two of the rarest: simultaneous Navy SB2C and SBD restorations -- The last Vindicator: SB2U-2 up from Lake Michigan -- Two Navy crosses in SBD-2 Buno 2106 -- In from the jungle -- B-17E Swamp Ghost and its long road home -- Recovering the Mt. Cyclops P-61 Black Widow -- Bringing out a Betty, Judy, Tony, and a Zero -- Big Island B-18 in situ -- The frozen north -- P-38 Glacier Girl -- The Million Dollar Valley Marauders -- Alaskan Liberators: one in place, one recovered -- Lucky finds: rare warbirds in unusual places -- P-51D (F-6D) Lil Margaret -- Navy harpoon on a grass strip -- Some assembly required: B-17E/XC-108 Desert Rat -- Recovering the big fleets: squadrons return -- Rescued from a desert boneyard: the B-29s of China Lake -- Corsairs recovered from Honduras -- Latin American Mustangs fuel the warbird movement -- Epilogue: they're still out there.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 240-250) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012050971
ISBN9780760344095 (hbk.)

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