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Welcome to the 381st Bomb Group Nose Art Photo Album. Most of these photos are from the wonderful collections of David Osborne and George W. Porter, and others have been sent in by individual contributors. What is "Nose Art"? In most cases, nose art is simply the nickname of the aircraft painted on the aircraft's nose. Pin-up or "Vargas" style art work was popular but took talent & time to apply. These names were picked by pilots, their combat crews, the ground crews, and others. About 30 to 40% of all Bombers in Eighth Air Force had no nickname. The ones that did often had their names changed. These nicknames were never an official part of AAF nomenclature so our records of them are somewhat sketchy. We have a list of 381st aircraft nicknames that are currently unidentified, either by squadron assignment or by serial number - can you help? -Thanks! |
Index
of Aircraft Photos By Alphabetical Order |