By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News Gazette William Hermann has been Chevron’s chief economist, and at 92, he’s an honored Golden Gate University professor. But Monday, he returned to a position he held back when he was 20 – seated in the nose of a B-17. Hermann was a lead crew bombardier during World War […]
Liberty Foundation’s Madras Maiden B-17 arrives in Bay Area
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News Gazette One of the few surviving and flying B-17 bombers that were instrumental in the Allied victory in World War II is now stationed at Hayward Executive Airport, where the public not only can view the plain but also take flights over the Bay Area. The Liberty Foundation’s “Madras […]