Ted Kowalik from Hanover Park and Charlie Mueller from Downers Romeoville talk about their time in the B-17. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
WWII Veterans Morris Yellen of Downers Grove, Howard Jacklin of Lombard, Ted Micci of Joliet, Charlie Mueller of Romeoville, Morris Reinko of Lemont, Bill Thorns of Frankfort, and Don Shee of Downers Grove gather for a picture in fromt of the B-17, Aluminum Overcast at Lewis Airport. All of the men flew in B-17's. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
John Lauder of Downers Grove looks at the B-17 Aluminum Overcast at Lewis Airport. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
Joseph Belmon of Lockport looks over Aluminum Overcast at Lewis Airport. Belmon served as a waist and ball gunner and flew 35 missions in WWII. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
Joseph Belmon of Lockport looks out of the waist gun mount in the Aluminum Overcast at Lewis Airport. Belmon served as a waist and ball gunner and flew 35 missions in WWII. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
Bill Thorns of Frankfort moves around the B-17 Aluminum Overcast on a flight from Lewis Airpoet. Aluminum Overcast will be at the airport through Sunday. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
The B-17 Aluminum Overcast taxies to the hanger at Lewis Airport. The plane will be at Lewis Airport through Sunday. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
The B-17 Aluminum Overcast taxies to the hanger at Lewis Airport. The plane will be at Lewis Airport through Sunday. | John Patsch~For Sun-Times Media
ROMEOVILLE — Joseph Belman returned to the wild blue yonder in a B-17 Flying Fortress. He observed the .50-caliber machine gun in the waist gunner’s position, and he recalled his first mission over Europe in World War II. He remembered looking down at the soft …
