Ok, the book is a true account of hunting for warbirds, this B17 is being recovered for Erickson (Air Crane)
"THe b17 section started spinning wildly. Just as he was banking to drop the load, it cut the throttle linkage to one of the engines.He set the fuselage down gently and came back to get us. But for now, the four million dollar helicopter was shot."
Salvors are salvage team.
People who recover stuff!!
