Pinups and Nose art!

[bdt13]

David-

Surprised to see one of the 911th AW Hercs down in TX. Didn't know they made it that far for shows, but I guess if people can come visit PIT for our show, the 911th can go down in return. I hadn't seen that nose art before; with the Buccos' record lately, I'm surprised anyone would want their name on a plane. Notice that the players are all from glory times past.

"Hard to Get" is one of my new favorites - is that a B-26C? ;)

Holmes - thanks for the note, I'll go through my more recent pix and see what else I have.

And as always, thanks to everyone who is sharing on this thread. Great stuff!

[HOLMES]

HELLO Patrick,

nice piccies.

[Aggressor Supporter]

So many great pinups! The Snoopy doll in the nose of the Cobra is great!

[bdt13]

From Wings over Pittsburgh this year:

C-130H 911 AW AFRC

KC-135T 171 ARW PA ANG

B-52H Barksdale AFB, LA 93rd BS/917th Wg (AFRC)

[bradebaugh]

here are a couple RC-135s

RC-135X 24128

TC-135S 24133

RC-135S 12663

Bruce

[Sentry30]

Daniël

[HOLMES]

Bradebaugh and Dnaile,

nice to see your pinups and nose art on here..thanx Guys

they are AWSOME to look at

HOLMES :)

[HAPPY HOLIDAYS }

[Chris707]

And as a supplement to Sentry30's and bdt's nice shots:

Nice commemoration of people and planes that aren't with use any longer...

And one of the old -135Es:

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Aircraft 3-views

[HOLMES]

great lookin g nose artwork..NICE ONE !

[darren]

Here's some nice nose art seen on a YaK 18 tourer:

[UK_tomcat_fan]

Here is some from Me:

The Spooky at the USAF Armament Museum (Eglin FL)

F-15 At the USAF Armament Museum (Eglin FL)

Grand Fat Albert (Retired Blue Angels Fat Albert) Pensacola Naval Air Museum FL:

Boarding Steps

Last Crew:

Fat Albert:

[richter111]

I would have expected the Blues Herk to be spotless and shiny

[UK_tomcat_fan]

I would have expected the Blues Herk to be spotless and shiny

This is the previous herk ;)

[UK_tomcat_fan]

Found another nose art:

Larger one

The Aircraft above is a DC-3 at Valiant Air Command, Titusville FL, she flew at D-Day, then was sold to the Danish Airforce who used it to ferry VIPs around, then it returned to the US and was brought by the VAC at Titusville.

She actually flew 3 runs on D-Day, two runs with Gliders and the third with Paratroopers.

Edited July 1, 2011 by UK_tomcat_fan

[Finish Forty and Home]

These three aircraft were assigned to the 42nd Bomb Squadron, 11th Bomb Group on Oahu in 1943. Belle of Texas and Dogpatch Express were shot-up on the same mission, a December 1, 1943 raid on Maloelap. Belle of Texas landed on Mullinnix Field at Tarawa with no brakes, using parachutes tied to gun mounts to slow the plane. Dogpatch Express went down 90 miles east of Maloelap, and survivors of the ditching were strafed by the Japanese. Naughty Nanette was salvaged after a crash-landing on Nanumea, having run short on fuel trying to get back to Funafuti. (Photos are from my new book, Finish Forty and Home.)

Edited July 2, 2011 by Finish Forty and Home

[HOLMES]

Hey Guys

those are just awesome AND oH so SEXY...

Fat Albert lookes decidely ARTY...

[HOLMES]

Here's some nice nose art seen on a YaK 18 tourer:

RED ROSIE looks Pretty ..