Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII’s Lost Aircraft

Reading time: less than a minute.

This book and it’s full length, not-so-brief title “Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII’s Lost Aircraft” is a fantastic look into the modern world of finding, researching and rebuilding some of the most famous aircraft of the 20th century.

Written by aviation historian Nicholas A. Veronico, the book is a captivating page turner that covers multiple World War II Warbirds including the famous planes “Swamp Ghost” and “Glacier Girl” – both of which could have entire books written about them on their own.

Grab yours here

Ben Branch

Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.

Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.

Published by Ben Branch - January 2nd 2014

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