They're usually women - think Memphis Belle
2006-09-22 03:07:09 · 17 answers · asked by Rob K 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Nose Art.
2006-09-22 03:11:22 · answer #1 · answered by Charles 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nose Art
2006-09-22 05:02:45 · answer #2 · answered by Grave Matters 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The B-24 turned right into a more advantageous acceptable bomber than the B-17, interior an analogous way that the hurricane turned right into a more advantageous acceptable fighter than the Spitfire. some airplanes seize the universal mind's eye clone of automobiles do - for no particular reason except style. supply me a call and that i will take a B-29 or a P-fifty one (or, an Me-262, acceptable marked!)
2016-11-23 15:03:28 · answer #3 · answered by longacre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nose Art. Some of the WW2 bombers had some really good art work on them.
2006-09-25 14:42:19 · answer #4 · answered by price7204 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2006-09-22 20:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by gordonfan24482003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were called "Nose Art". The Commemorative Air Force has a museum dedicated to them in Midland Texas.
2006-09-22 03:32:38 · answer #6 · answered by colglennlarson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-24 10:15:59 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-22 12:32:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nose art. Fact.
2006-09-22 03:19:00 · answer #9 · answered by RANDLE W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-25 22:44:46 · answer #10 · answered by CuriousE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋