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DES PLAINES, Ill. In 1944, students from the northwest Chicago suburbs sold over $500,000 in war bonds to build a new WWII transport plane. The students attended Maine Township High School in the building that is now Maine East, and the plane was assembled at the airfield we now call O Hare International Airport. To honor the students, the c-54 aircraft was called the Maine Flyer. Now, for the first time in nearly 80 years, parts of the plane are on display in the Chicago area for an exhibit at the Des Plaines History Center. This exhibit covers the past century of aviation and aviators in the Des Plaines area, said executive director Philip Mohr. ....
After 76 years, pieces of WWII plane finally return to Des Plaines
The reconstructed cockpit of the historic Maine Flyer warplane is on public display as part of an aviation exhibit at the Des Plaines History Center. The plane s artifacts are on loan from Park Ridge history buff and aviation enthusiast Len Johnson. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Park Ridge history buff Len Johnson shows the reconstructed cockpit of the historic Maine Flyer warplane he reclaimed and is now on display at the Des Plaines History Center. It s part of an exhibit Executive Director Philip Mohr, left, and museum staff put together about Des Plaines role in aviation history. ....