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12-20-2006, 08:38 PM
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WW2 nose art *caution for younger viewers*
Ok, here's some scans of some original b&w photos from my grandfather's scrapbook...these are gonna be from the Pacific/Asian theatre...
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12-20-2006, 08:40 PM
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Re: WW2 nose art *caution for younger viewers*
"It Ain't So Funny" , B-24
Lots of detail on this one...back when folks didn't worry about licensing lawsuits!
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12-20-2006, 08:42 PM
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Re: WW2 nose art *caution for younger viewers*
"Cocktail Hour" , B-24
Lots of detail here, and what looks like possibly the NY skyline behind the pretty lady as well?
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#5
12-20-2006, 08:43 PM
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Re: WW2 nose art *caution for younger viewers*
"The Dragon And His Tail", B-24
"Ta ta" warning! But love how it stretches down the fuselage towards the tail...
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12-20-2006, 08:44 PM
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Re: WW2 nose art *caution for younger viewers*
This was one of the most prolific nose arts to come out of WWII. Coincidently, also on a B-24.
Rick
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#8
12-20-2006, 08:51 PM
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Re: WW2 nose art *caution for younger viewers*
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  !!! . ~ Pete
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#9
12-21-2006, 02:22 AM
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Re: WW2 nose art *caution for younger viewers*
 This is my Great Uncle Donald (the one on the extreme left) He served with the 155th Photo Recon. This photo was taken about December 1944
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