Kathleen Thornell Bowings walks around a P-51 Mustang painted the same as the P-51 Mustang her father, Capt. John F. Thornell, flew in World War II, complete with the name of her father’s plane, “Patty Ann II,” and kills during combat. After traveling from Dallas to Lewiston, Bowings was seeing the plane for the first time Monday. Gary Peters’ Hangar180 of Lewiston refurbished the plane over the last eight months, and it will take part in Saturday’s Radials N’ Rivers Fly-In.August Frank/Tribune
Kathleen Thornell Bowings reacts to seeing the P-51 Mustang for the first time, which was refurbished by Gary Peters (left) and his crew at Hangar180.August Frank/Tribune
Ray Fowler flies the P-51 Mustang in a banking turn, to show the plane in action for Kathleen Thornell Bowings on Monday.August Frank/Tribune
Kathleen Thornell Bowings reflects on the war as she looks up at the "Patty Ann II" nameplate on the P-51 Mustang on Monday.August Frank/Tribune
Kathleen Thornell Bowings embraces her husband, John Bowings, as he becomes emotional at seeing the P-51 Mustang on Monday.August Frank/Tribune
Ray Fowler stands atop the wing of the P-51 Mustang after flying it Monday.August Frank/Tribune
Kathleen Thornell Bowings makes her way around the P-51 Mustang on Monday.August Frank/Tribune
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