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Aircraft Pictures Discuss Nose art... in the World War II - Aviation forums; My great uncle Pete was a side gunner in a B-24. He always had a camera on him and liked ...

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    Nose art...

    My great uncle Pete was a side gunner in a B-24. He always had a camera on him and liked to take pictures of nose art. Thought I'd share....


















































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    Great pics, and some nicely executed artwork. thanks for sharing.

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    With Airframes here LA! Thank you for sharing!

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    La2019, agreed thanks so much for sharing what is unfortunately in these PC times a vanishing form of expresion. A few guys tried in Vietnam on tanks and APCs but some visiting officer from command would always nix it sooner or later

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    i love nose art! those are awesome...thanks for sharing.

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    Wonderful photos!! I know I haven't seen any of that nose art before.

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    Great stuff, and some before they were required to be Clothed!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

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    Great pics, thanks for sharing.

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    Great shots! Thanks for sharing.


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    while i was searching b-24 stuff i came across this site. the guy is selling the pics .... i have no affiliation to him. but some nice stuff to look at.

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    Thanks for the nose arts. Last summer I started working on a Monogram 1/48 B-24J kit as a side project, applying the same technique as on the B-17G did last year. Now it is about 80% finished.

    I am to portlay the story on the website below, about a pilot taking an instrument flight training in his B-24 with a squadron/wing IP. The trainee is doing a level turning on the instruments applying 60 degrees of bank while the instructor on the right seat scans the horizon. The aircraft should be the Ford built B-24M 44-50795.
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    The "nose arts" made on thousands of the great canvases or walls on the B-24s during WW2 are truly amazing (19000 plus x2). Now I am wondering what had happened when the good sons/husbands or fathers who flew the bombers in the war fronts and came back to America carrying pictures of their loving aircraft along, and showed them to their mother/wife/daughters and sons.
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