Your Favorite WW2 Nose Art? (One Bomber and/or One Fighter, Please)

Hans , I stand corrected .I appreciate the input .Told ya I don,t build many planes . I like it simple and DARNED IT --P.C. anytime . My girls all flew and the oldest flew a plane that was called (and had the nose art ) of (P*&$#@ GALORE In the very daring pose some have seen ) This plane was NAVY and it was just before " TAILHOOK " nuff said . thanks again .          tankerbuilder

It would have to be Bottoms Up 721 BS of the 450th BG,,,,   she made it 106 missions before going MIA with all hands March of 45,,,,,,,,

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Bomber: B-17 Duchess' Daughter

Don't have a fighter as of now.

"Hot Gen"

B-25, the Canadian Warplane Museum has restored a post war plane into WW2 configuration.

The info from the museum: http://www.warplane.com/pages/aircraft_mitchell.html

A nice write up from the local paper that also talked about the background of nose art:

http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/499647--nose-art

For the bomber I'm partial to my great-uncles plane, the B-29 "Mustn't Touch", which was lost Jan 9, 1945.

For fighters I love the P-39 "Air A Cutie".  I like neked girls on airplanes.

Bomber: B-29 "The Duchess, combat ready"

http://home.comcast.net/~noseart/duchessalmostready.jpg

I'd love to build my monogram B-29 kit with these markings, trouble is there are no decals.

Not sure about a fighter.

B-17 Guy

Bomber: B-29 "The Duchess, combat ready"

http://home.comcast.net/~noseart/duchessalmostready.jpg

I'd love to build my monogram B-29 kit with these markings, trouble is there are no decals.

Not sure about a fighter.

Have you ever played with the DIY type of decals?   It can take a little bit of trial and error but I've used them quite a bit latley, especially  for fine detail where stenciling would have been sprayed in different aircraft.

My favorite bomber nose art, most who know me can tell you, is the b-24 "double trouble".  And that was before I found out the history and chatted with some crew members.  44-40989, 7 Group, 493 Squadron.  As for fighters no single aircraft.

About this unit.

493rd Squadron "AZON" Guided Bomb Unit

Joe

tankerbuilder

Hans , I stand corrected .I appreciate the input .Told ya I don,t build many planes . I like it simple and DARNED IT --P.C. anytime . My girls all flew and the oldest flew a plane that was called (and had the nose art ) of (P*&$#@ GALORE In the very daring pose some have seen ) This plane was NAVY and it was just before " TAILHOOK " nuff said . thanks again .          tankerbuilder

My Lil Girl is a pilot as well.. She'd started in  Blackhawks, and logged over a thousand hours,  but she's flying guns now, having just graduated the AH-64 Apache Transition Course at Ft. Rucker...

Ditto Tailhook... That damn "scandal" ruined US Naval Aviation..   Didn't do much good for the USAF either...

Fighter and a bomber both.

Miss Billi II

I'm married to Miss Billi III