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

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Posted by jbrady on Friday, December 16, 2011 9:24 PM

This one got me the first time I saw it.

really love Don Allen's work with the 4th FG

   

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, December 16, 2011 9:21 PM

That's actually the squadron badge of VF-3, rather than true nose-art... It was initially carried by a bomb squadron (VB-2) in the 1920s (hence Felix's carrying of a bomb rather than a gun), and they kept it after they became a fighter squadron in the 30s (VF-6B) and then redesignated again to VF-3 just prior to WW2. After the squadron was disbanded after WW2, VF-31 picked up the little Tomcat in the 50s, and kept it, and are flying F/A 18s today, as VFA-31. "Felix Rules, Baby"...

 

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Posted by fermis on Friday, December 16, 2011 9:16 PM

I'll leave out the pic, but I dig P-51 "Passion Wagon"......pretty much anything with boobies.....I'm a big fan of them things!

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Posted by mississippivol on Friday, December 16, 2011 9:13 PM

Bomber: Since I'm from the Golden Circle area...Memphis Belle

Fighter: VF-111's Sharkmouth jets

Glenn

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, December 16, 2011 9:07 PM

...the bee nose art ...i believe it was a unit insignia on the eastern front.

Actually, those're  Wespen, (Wasps).   Yeah, it was a unit marking...  Bf110s of ZG 1 "Horst Wessel" in N Africa and in Russia. 

Interestingly, and much more rare, the wasps were also painted on Bf109E-7s of III/ZG 1...

 

 

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Posted by Luft Modeler on Friday, December 16, 2011 7:28 PM

Bomber is Little Miss Mischief (B-17G)

 

Fighter nose art is: Wildcat

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Posted by tigerman on Friday, December 16, 2011 6:20 PM

swingr1121

Well Hans, for obvious reasons...

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s269/swingr1121/Models/MojoLR.jpg

Perfect for manny.

Can there any other then a shark-mouth.

 

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Posted by swingr1121 on Friday, December 16, 2011 5:08 PM

Well Hans, for obvious reasons...

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Posted by TheWildChild on Friday, December 16, 2011 4:42 PM

i like the German planes with the yellow noses or engines(twin wnine) and the bee nose art as well. i believe it was a unit insignia on the eastern front. the Pacific theatre hellcats with the teeth and eyes were cool too.

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Posted by eptingmike on Friday, December 16, 2011 4:37 PM

B-24H 'Witchcraft' for familial reasons and the P-61 'Lil Audrey.'  Gotta get started on that Monogram P-61 kit........  :)

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Your Favorite WW2 Nose Art? (One Bomber and/or One Fighter, Please)
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, December 16, 2011 4:03 PM

For the sake of the kiddies (and my account), keep it PG-rated (or add the "Censored" bars in the appropriate areas if you post a picture)...

 

No Warbirds or commercial aluminum panels unless it's depicting a real WW2 aircraft and crew/pilot ...

Examples:

This "Nightie Mission" -OK

This "Nightie Mission"- Not OK

 

 

 Pictures aren't required (though it would be more interesting)...

 

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