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B-25, "...per's Flash"
"Nose Art - Dale Risdon inspects some '___per's Flash' on a B-25 - Not 17th TRS (tactical Recon Sqdn) Hand shading lens interefered"
B-25 "Little Joe"
"Nose art - The nose and Mission record of 17th Recon Sqdn's 'Little Joe,' C.O. Maj Wise's plane"
B-24, Shark Face Bomber
"B-24 #9982 Taxiing - Shark face nose art - Mindoro probably" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Taxiing Bomber. The nose of the Liberator in the 320th Squadron [was] painted with a shark's mouth. This was known as the 'Moby Dick' squadron." ("Darkroom…
B-24, "The Rip Snorter"
"Nose art - Photo version of B-24, perhaps 6th Photo group - 'The Rip Snorter"
B-24, "The Butcher's Daughter"
"90th Bomb Group - 'Jolly Rogers' - B-24 nose art 'The Butcher's Daughter"
B-24, "The Boise Bronc"
"B-24 'The Boise Bronc' 90th Bomb Group - 'Jolly Rogers' Col Art Rogers C.O."
B-24, "Queen Mae" 2
"90th Bomb Group 'Jolly Rogers' - 'Queen Mae' by Merkling - the finished painting - there is a negative of Merkling painting this image" - (2010.1.1007) From "Darkroom Soldier": "Merkling and 'Queen Mae'. Cpl Al G. Merkling earned many pesos from…
B-24, "Queen Mae" 1
"Artist, Merkling, at work on what was to become 'Queen Mae' one of the outstanding nose art examples in the whole South Pacific" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Merkling and 'Queen Mae'. Cpl Al G. Merkling earned many pesos from flight crews for his…
B-24, "Pluto"
"Disney character 'Pluto' B-24 nose art" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fuselage Art. Painting nicknames, names and personalized icons on the fuselage was an unsanctioned but traditional art of Army Air Force crews. The motifs were varied and extensive --…
B-24, "Pappy's Passion"
"B-24 Nose art - 'Pappy's Passion"