Nose art

See another related thread here: http://www.ww2f.com/topic/49606-questions-about-bomber-nose-art/
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From: http://www.pinterest.com/ildahl/ww2-nose-art-pinups/




Another famous nose art image.
B17-G Liberty Belle






Another B-17 Liberty Belle. Edit. Repaired broken Image Link.
Hard to see it here, but she is sitting on the bell.




A Liberty B-24 Liberty Bell




More good ones at: http://www.nose-art.net/315th/315th.htm
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Bf 110 C-4/B of 1./ZG 1
Enlargement tnx to Photoshop, and Pixaweb's built in photo enhancement feature.

Can anyone figure out what this is meant to represent??? My first guess was something related to a Honey Bee or Wasp...



Edit:
Confirmed! Bf-110 Wespe (Wasp)

 

Nose Art BF 109 Shark Mouth.
The shark, one of the most common motifs of the war, was first painted by the Luftwaffe as seen here - stationed in Crete circa 1941.

 

See a related thread here: http://www.ww2f.com/topic/53384-the-flying-shark-mouth/
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From WW1.
Belgium's death's head nacelle on a Farman 40
Pilot Lt. Jaumotte (left) and observer sLt. Wouters.

 

From: http://deborahsexpressions.com/?p=77
More Luftwaffe Nose Art.

 

Adolf Galland's Luftwaffe ME109 Fighter Nose Art.

 

Good work Fred.

 

Invision power said:
"Sorry, but you have posted more images than you are allowed to in one post."

Cartoons were just as popular as women...

Idiots Delight

 

More of my favorites.

 

Post 108 originally attributed a quote to me. Now it attributes:
"Invision power said: "Sorry, but you have posted more images than you are allowed to in one post.".

Is Fred a robot?

 

Most days yes. Just having fun bud.
I tried popping that line into a quote. It allows you to edit the name out of who you are quoting, but when you save it, the quoted person overwrites what you popped in. Thus poppy had to be edited out.

PS.
The Ink Squirts has to be the all time best. Eh?

 

Thats Poppy, with a capitol P son. ..I kid, I kid. Lol. You been good lately. Cheers.

 

Lancaster Mk. II LL725 Z-Zombie [the living dead]
See: http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/noseartoliver.html

Loss report: http://www.lostaircraft.com/database.php?mode=viewentry&e=8817

 

Another famous one. Thanks to: http://www.warwingsart.com/

North American B-25J Mitchell medium bomber from the 489th Squadron, 340th Bombardment Group named Lady Luck.
Waist-gunner Quentin Kaiser is standing on the left and staff sergeant, top-turret gunner, and engineer Bill Devine is on the right.

It says a mouthful about the USAAF's commitment to the destruction of the Luftwaffe as a functional fighter force that their aircraft's Flight Engineers doubled duties as the Top Turret Gunner.

 

"The Dragon and his Tail" has always been my favorite. The Collins Foundation painted their B24 in its honor a few years back. Thought it was interesting that they found it necessary to paint the reverse side of the aircraft in "PG-rated" colors and named it "The All-American". I recall a photo of the Dragon waiting to be scrapped after the war. She was minus her engines and sitting on her tail. A sad sight, but still eye-catching with her fuselage-long artwork.

 

Nice tits!

 

Breast leave it Poppy...

 

I was always partial to the B-29 "Waddy's Wagon" myself

Life imitating art

Sadly, she was lost and all aboard were killed during a raid on Musashino, January 9, 1945.

 

A shame...they look like a good bunch of blokes...well built for a bunch of flyers too.

 

Walter "Waddy" Young was a former college and NFL football player (not that silly stuff with the round ball). Notice he is wearing football cleats in the nose art. Might want to check out this thread:
http://www.ww2f.com/topic/39108-the-first-mission-from-saipan-in-newly-identified-historic-film-waddys-wagon-10-oct-1944/