The following are links to videos relating to restoration of WWII aircraft. Additions to the list on the subject of restoration are welcome.
Videos
- B-17 Flying Fortress Has Been Hiding in a Barn for Years, Waiting to be Restored: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/b-17-flying-fortress-has-been-hiding-in-a-barn-for-years-waiting-to-be-restored-166087.html
- From Recovery to Restoration: Bringing World War II’s Lost Aircraft Back to Live with the RAF Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5BExOZIJRM
- How Engineers Are Restoring Rare Aeroplanes From WW2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byy1q6NDiRQ
- The Museum That Restores World War Two Aircraft: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8acNFwIurOw
- Restoring a WW2-Era Wildcat Fighter Plane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LP3RLmcBjo
- From Wreck to Restored & Flying WW2 Fighter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgQEDsyQxTo
- Restored B29 Takes to the Air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_AZeMRqCfg&t=34s
- Restoring The Messerschmitt Bf109: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuSfOEcKo4s
- Restoration of Historic Fighter Planes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwKfG-OZEBU
- The Revival of a De Havilland Mosquito: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauNQgkOJhU
- Guy Restoring His WW2 Paratrooper Plane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUmMub2TV2c
- WWII Bomber Recovered From Lake Michigan Arrives at Air Zoo for Restoration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaA5Hls8XM8
- The Only Flying Messerschmitt Bf109: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBY92XY7HrI
Books
- Hoffman, Carl, Hunting Warbirds: The Obsessive Quest for the Lost Aircraft of World War II . Available from Amazon.
- McLaughlin, Jerome J., B-17 Flying Fortress Restoration: The Story of a WWII Bomber’s Return to Glory in Honor of the Veterans of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. Available from Amazon.
- Veronico, Nicholas A., Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII’s Lost Aircraft. Available from Amazon.
- Veronico, Nicholas A., Hidden Warbirds II: More Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII’s Lost Aircraft. Available from Amazon.