What are the images on the nose of world war II bombers called?
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Nose Art.
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Nose art. Fact.
Mascots. Some Australian inter-city flights now have them.
They were called "Nose Art". The Commemorative Air Force has a museum dedicated to them in Midland Texas.
nose art. man, there is a website for everything!
Nose Art
Nose Art. And it's not just WWII - Helicopters I worked on just after GWI in '91 had nose art also.
Simply nose art. they were usually the girlfriend of the pilot or a pin up icon. Otherwise something that reminded them of home. famous examplesare of course enola gay (marllon monroe) or boxcar, the pilot form of transport. Box car war the plane that dropped the big bomb on nakasaki but the fame was taken by enola gay.
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nose art to make each plane stand out. although some of the crews looked at the nose art as something to attract enemy fighters to them. the nose art was not required, the crews put what they wanted on them and also it was not limited to just bombers. and sometimes the nose art was only a name. and graham b the name of the second atomic bomb aircraft is bock's car, not boxcar
The term for this is 'Nose Art'. It is amazing to see how many potentially good artists there are out there, as these designs were ofteh executed by crew members, not professional artists. Tho' frequently rude, involving the Nude, they are depicted with extreme sensuality, nad often with wit. They certainly expose today's graffiti artists as the sham that they are.
they are called nose art most of them were the captins bird or wife usally done by the base's tea lady. fact it bad look to allow a new aircraft to leave the groung with out a name so they gave them one and a pic for good look.
It may have already been said, but it's definately "Nose Art".
Nose Art. Some of the WW2 bombers had some really good art work on them.
They are called Nose Art, as many of the users here got it correctly. Mainly used as a commemorative art for an anniversary or a special event, its is also one of the cherished traditions of Air Force air and ground crews.
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My crew chief did one on my F-16 a few years back then on TMOTA (Tiger Meet Of The Americas). Very nicely done. You will be amazed that the quality of their art is actually a whole level better than the so-called Art you see outside, as Foghorn above mentioned earlier.
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