New section for nose art

[itznogood]

Hi ww2aircraft admin



A new idea ?
A section for all the fabulous nose art on the great planes of ww2.

Itznogood

[horseUSA]

sounds good, setup two cat. for nose art. broke them into color, and black&white.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you see, the B-17 was so ugly they had to paint things on the nose to try and make them look better

[Crazy]

Not at all! The B-17 crews merely had a sense of humor. The Lancaster crews were cowed into silence by the sheer ugliness of the plane they were flying

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah, well the lancaster had go faster stripes in the form of camoflage

[Crazy]

yeah, well the lancaster had go faster stripes in the form of camoflage

umm... what?

[the lancaster kicks ass]

you know, go faster stripes?

[Crazy]

me no know.

teach me.


Must be a Brit thing

[the lancaster kicks ass]

those white stripes are "go faster" stripes

[Crazy]

Ahh, I see. Never heard of it

[the lancaster kicks ass]

mmmmmmmm, well it's not just a britt thing?

[Crazy]

well, it ain't an Ohio thing.

Must be a Canadian thing

[cheddar cheese]

the lanc needs camoflage so it dont get shot down in the day cos the b-17s were so good they could afford a little nose art and humour

[Crazy]

the B-17 didn't NEED go faster stripes. It was plenty fast already.

[Archer]

Mustangs did though, actually, didn't all Western Europe theater planes get those ugly black and white go faster stripes?

The Navy and Marines on the other hand had planes that were good enough they didn't need them.