Nose Art

[chip5541]

http://www.ww2planenoseart.com/?gclid=CMeV4pqjxIgCFQtwVAod4QyIKQ

I came across this by accident. Pretty cool.

Not really Midway specific but for future refernce for modders out there.

[princecaspian4]

there were some good pictures there,

[Keir]

Interesting link - there was some quality art there. I wonder who was responsible for painting them.

[chip5541]

You know that is a good question. I had always assumed it was the planes crew.

[Keir]

You know that is a good question. I had always assumed it was the planes crew.

Me too. Perhaps there'd happen be one talented guy in the squadron and he'd end up doing them all.

[chip5541]

Nose art history. Good read and it turns out is was the crew.

[princecaspian4]

ya, i think it was the crew, but i know that some people were ordered to paint nose art by commanders, ex. the flying tigers, their commander saw one man painting the sharks teeth on his plane, and decided that that should be painted on all their planes, and that came to be the symbol of the flying tigers, although the first guy to paint it on his plane copied the design from a picture he had seen in a magazine of an Australian pilots plane

[R Fire]

Here are a few more.http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/487thPhotosAircraft1.shtmlMy grandfather served 30 missions on the Blasted Event.

[Keir]

Here are a few more.http://www.487thbg.org/Photos/487thPhotosAircraft1.shtmlMy grandfather served 30 missions on the Blasted Event.

Thanks for the link, very interesting :thumbsup: