Paint Maker Helps In Warbird Restoration
AkzoNobel is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Alumigrip line of aviation coatings by sponsoring two aircraft at Oshkosh.
Paint manufacturer AkzoNobel aided the restoration of the World War II vintage North American B-25H Berlin Express by contributing the exterior coatings on the medium bomber. Once again wearing its original paint scheme, it will be on display in Oshkosh at EAA's AirVenture 2018.
Paint manufacturer AkzoNobel aided the restoration of the World War II vintage North American B-25H Berlin Express by contributing the exterior coatings on the medium bomber. Once again wearing its original paint scheme, it will be on display in Oshkosh at EAA's AirVenture 2018.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Alumigrip brand of aircraft coatings, AkzoNobel has sponsored two of the aircraft appearing at this year’s EAA AirVenture. The B-25H Berlin Express flew during WWII and later appeared in the movie Catch-22. It has been fully restored, down to its original paint scheme, and to accomplish this, AkzoNobel donated the exterior coatings from its Alumigrip series. Included in the tally was Metalflex SP1050 pretreatment, 4 gallons of Aerodur 2111 CF (chrome-free) primer, 14 gallons of cloud grey, 6 gallons of olive green, 14 gallons of desert tan, 2 gallons of insignia white, 1 gallon of black, 1 gallon of insignia blue, and 1 gallon of yellow. The medium, twin-engine bomber can be seen in the static display, and its restoration organizers hope it will fly again in 2019.


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