On the first days of December, Mushroom Model Publishing has released a new book about Flying Fortresses used by Sweden during W.W.2 and converted for the civilian purposes.

Full title of the publications is "Swedish Fortresses , The Boeing F-17 Flying Fortress in Civil and Military Service".

Author: Jan Forsgren
Illustrator: Teodor Liviu Morosanu, Nils Mathisrud
Format: A4, hard cover, 128 pages including 64 in color plus 8 A2 fold-outs in the separate binder with the 1:72 scale plans and profiles of every Swedish Fortress.
Catalogue number: 9112, "White series"
ISBN 978-83-89450-876
Price: 24.99GBP

About the book
"Many USAAF aircraft landed in neutral Sweden during WW2. The Swedish authorities arranged to buy many of these from the US, to supplement their limited and ageing aircraft stocks. The B-17 Flying Fortress was selected for conversion to an airliner, and Saab undertook the work. This book tells, for the first time in English, the story of these aircraft and their subsequent careers, in Sweden, Denmark and France. No other B-17s were ever used as airliners, so this is a unique addition to the well-known history of the Fortress.
Illustrated with many photos, both contemporary and of surviving airframes, and with colour profiles of the colour schemes carried by these aircraft. Detailed plans of the modified airframes are included.

Story of the "Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby" restoration is included. "

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