Saturday September 1st was the date for our latest Living History Presentation Series organized and conducted by CAF Col Rob Hertberg.
This installment covered the 23 year restoration of the PBJ, Presented by CAF Col Marc Russell, and the operational history of VMB611, the unit in who’s honor the PBJ was painted, presented by CAF Col Rob Hertberg. The presentation concluded with a trip report presented by CAF Col Arash Afshari, of the 2017 cross-country tour by the PBJ and her crew shortly after becoming operational to participate in the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Raiders at the USAF National Museum at Wright Paterson AFB in Ohio.
The following is a two part YouTube playlist of videos prepared by CAF Col Lon Magdich covering the entire presentation.
If you’d like to dig deeper into the PBJ’s 2017 mission, follow this link to the trip report from that event, which includes photos, full length videos of the veteran interviews and more.
Don’t miss our next presentation on the Grumman F8 Bearcat, taking place on October 20th.
