The National Warplane Museum, based in Geneseo, N.Y., will deploy a World War II era B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber and T-6 Texan to the Jamestown airport on Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23

JAMESTOWN — Chautauqua County’s Jamestown Airport has announced that the National Warplane Museum, based in Geneseo, N.Y., will deploy a World War II era B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber and T-6 Texan to the Jamestown airport on Saturday and Sunday, June 22-23 for static display, tours and excursion flights.

The public is invited to tour the aircraft on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jamestown Airport, located at 3163 Airport Dr. in Jamestown. Tours of the aircraft are $7 for adults. First responders and veterans are welcome to tour the aircraft for free and family rates are available. The National Warplane Museum is a not-for-profit organization and all tour proceeds are used to operate and maintain these rare, old warbirds.

For a fee, visitors will also have the opportunity to “take a flight into history” aboard the Texan or the B-17 Flying Fortress, the exact aircraft used in filming the movie “Memphis Belle.”

Take your position and experience first-hand what it may have been like to be a bombardier, navigator, waist gunner or flight engineer on a B-17 mission over Germany during WWII.

Visitors wishing to pre-purchase tickets for an excursion flight aboard the venerable bomber can do so at the National Warplane Museum’s website: https://fareharbor.com/nationalwarplanemuseum/items/164264/ .

A complete description of the aircraft and its unique history can be found on the National Warplane Museum’s website: https://nationalwarplanemuseum.com/.