Nose Art
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A B-24L Liberator named ‘Round Trip Ticket’ of the 33rd Bomb Squadron between missions at Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, between March and July 1945.
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The Early Bird III of the 487th Bomb Squadron after 152 missions, 1945
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Sweet Thing, 444th Bomb Group
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My Naked *** and two of crew, 487th Bomb Squadron
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Today, I got to see 2! That’s All Brother, a very famous C-47 and Show Me, a B-25J at the Sioux Falls airport. Both are selling rides.
Additionally, an F-16 of the South Dakota Air National Guard. 8^)
Additionally, an F-16 of the South Dakota Air National Guard. 8^)
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"Ishtakhaba" translates to "Chief Sleepy Eye"
Here is a picture I found that my dad had. As I was unpacking books in moving I came across his history of the 73rd Bomb Wing. In it I found the following picture; I know nothing about it. He's been dead since 1984 so I can't ask:
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When men were men, I was chasing girls and trying not to get caught by the cops for drag racing at the same age those guys were saving the world.
Thanks for posting
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Conosolidating these here from an incidental inclusion in another thread.
AC 130 Gunships Heavy Metal
B-24s Heavy Metal
AC 130 Gunships Heavy Metal
B-24s Heavy Metal
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Before his historic flight as pilot of the “Enola Gay,” Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr (center) could not get his
men to willingly fly the B-29. Unlike its predecessors, the Superfortress was hastily taken from the
design to final product and had more than its fair share of issues (including its engines regularly catching fire). So, he recruited elsewhere.
Soon Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Dorothea Johnson Moorman (left) and Dora Dougherty
Strother (right) were piloting the heavy bomber “Ladybird,” complete with Fifinella, their unit emblem,
painted on the side. The two women performed demonstration tours by ferrying pilots, crew chiefs, and navigators around New Mexico. The experiment got Lt. Col. Tibbets the result he wanted. With their
self-image on the line, the men stepped up in response to the challenge and, with a new eagerness,
discovered the aircraft not a formidable foe but a smooth, almost delicate friend in the air.
August 2023 is the 80th Anniversary of the establishment of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The program lasted from August 1943 to December 1944, with more than 1,000 female civilian pilots who flew every aircraft in the US Army Air Forces.
men to willingly fly the B-29. Unlike its predecessors, the Superfortress was hastily taken from the
design to final product and had more than its fair share of issues (including its engines regularly catching fire). So, he recruited elsewhere.
Soon Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Dorothea Johnson Moorman (left) and Dora Dougherty
Strother (right) were piloting the heavy bomber “Ladybird,” complete with Fifinella, their unit emblem,
painted on the side. The two women performed demonstration tours by ferrying pilots, crew chiefs, and navigators around New Mexico. The experiment got Lt. Col. Tibbets the result he wanted. With their
self-image on the line, the men stepped up in response to the challenge and, with a new eagerness,
discovered the aircraft not a formidable foe but a smooth, almost delicate friend in the air.
August 2023 is the 80th Anniversary of the establishment of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). The program lasted from August 1943 to December 1944, with more than 1,000 female civilian pilots who flew every aircraft in the US Army Air Forces.
My Maternal Grandmother's Sister (my Aunt) was a WASP. She flew B-17s to England. What she wanted to do was drop bombs on Germany, like her brother! (30 missions, 1943-4) They wouldn't let her.
They all kinda have the same "nose art"' (some don't have any adornment), but they all have 30mm cannons capable of burping out 70 rounds/second.
Maybe that's all the "art" they need
Maybe that's all the "art" they need
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Shame they are phasing them out. It's a flying cannon. Brrrrrppppppp!!!They all kinda have the same "nose art"' (some don't have any adornment), but they all have 30mm cannons capable of burping out 70 rounds/second.
Maybe that's all the "art" they need
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The decision was the result of a political argument for "Pork" by a couple of Senators. Decisions like that really piss me off, because the decision is made according to the best result for one's state, not the defense of our country.
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I would love to be able to zoom in on that picture, at the prop shaft just aft of the rotor. I'll bet that a Ball and Trunnion u-join; same as they used on Mopars in the late 50s-early 60s.
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