Very cool...quite the amount of past missions for that first plane! .
I've read a bit on 'nose art' before and although very risqu'e especially for the times, considering the lads were putting their lives on the line...literally, the word from the upper command was just let it happen. .
After the war when the planes were sent to the breakers yards, a very few far-sighted individuals saved some of the nose sections w/ the artwork intact...there's a few chunks on display around the world and I know a few Canadian ones were saved and sent back here from England. .
Keep 'em coming Rob...great stuff! .
To those brave souls who flew these great machines and offered their lives for the freedom we all enjoy today
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~ Pete