I really love the aircraft nose art of WWII. I think its great because it showed the individuality of the men that flew and maintained these machines, even during a time of anxiety and death. Also, the cool ones were mostly naked women. That's nice too. Anyway, I am guessing that some of you like the Americana/pinup art as much as I do, so I will show you some of my favorites.


B-29
Superfortress
B-17G Flying Fortress

B-29

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B-26C Invader
While it is not "Nose Art", this is just too cool. And I don't even like Budweiser.
And to close, the famous "Memphis Belle" the first B-17 to complete 25 missions over Fortress Europe
I too love the nose art! Good one Mr Kevlar
ReplyDeleteThe "Bikini Red" nose art is from a UH-1 of the 170th Assault Helicopter Company, US Army, circa 1967.
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