FReeper Canteen ~ Military Nose Cone Art ~ February 28 2005

StarCMC and Canteen Crew

[writer33]

My grandmother on my mother's side was Irish, but I'm an American mut.

[westmex]

This is from WWII. Was a place marker at a party...Was also painted on our P-40's..

.....Westy.....

[tomkow6]

It was MINE!

MINE! I tell you!!!!

[Soaring Feather]

Awwwwwwwwwwwww so cute guys, thank you for the flowers.

[tomkow6]

I was FIRST!

FIRST! I tell you!!!!

[writer33]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take your 50. It just happened that way.

It's embarrasing when a grown man cries. :)

[HiJinx]

'Cuz the guys were inside the airplanes!!! Okay, here's one I've been finding in my searches. Major J.T. Robbins named his P-38 Lightning after himself and his fiancee, Ina. I read that in a book about aerial combat in WWII that spanned...well...the World!! The book did not, however, explain the origin of the figure on the nose.

This is JT in front of the fourth Lightning to carry the name Jandina.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[StarCMC]

Not so many female pilots I reckon! LOL!!

[StarCMC]

Cool beans!! Thanks for sharing and welcome to the Canteen!

[Soaring Feather]

Real cool thread Star, thank you!

[tomkow6]

Here's some nose art I found.......

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL!! Man, I wonder if any of the women who ferried those planes got to put nose art on them? Hmmmm.....

[AZamericonnie]

That's a great example Westy! Made me laugh...

[StarCMC]

Thanks ladies!! The idea originated on a thread last week in a discussion between several folks - SandRat, pelikan, jinxie and maybe others - I can't remember! I just offered to make it a topic... :o)

[HiJinx]

P-40's?

Awesome...the 409th flew Warhawks and Mustangs, it was part of the 372nd Fighter Group and participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers in the summer of '44. From their discussion page (http://www.armyairforces.com/dbgroups.asp?Group=193) you see the commanders of the 409th were:

Commanders
Name Dates
Maj Francis E Brenner 28 Oct 1943
Maj Darrell G Welch 21 Dec 1943
Maj Joseph S Wakefield 4 Feb 1944
Maj John R Harrison 16 Feb 1944
Lt Col Sam W Westbrook 3 Mar 1944
Lt Col Robert W Stephens 17 Mar 1945
Lt Col Jack J Oberhansly 30 May 1945
Col George R Bickell 6 Aug-7 Nov 1945

[GummyIII]

Thanks, HiJinx...I think...lol.

[StarCMC]

Hey Jinxie and SR, Sarge was asking me to look for the nose art featuring the following image, but I couldn't find it anywhere. It's called "The Death Dealer." Any thoughts??

[HiJinx]

I wonder if any of the women who ferried those planes got to put nose art on them? Hmmmm.....

I wondered the same thing, and almost went looking, but they were only ferrying the planes. The art went on in theater...

[GummyIII]

I bet if they were wearing a short skirt and......well, anyway, I bet IF they had, they'd have been allowed up there to paint. HA!