B-52 Vintage Nose Art

[11bee]

Never thought SAC was so colorful.   Go in a few pages and enjoy.

 

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[ikar]

My first assignment was at Ellsworth and the tall tails on the alert pad were flat silver with white undersides.  They were about to be replaced by the camouflaged "G" model of which we had one in to help get the necessary people used to what was coming.  This one they put on display for a day with a rack of Quail in the bomb bay.

Almost all 52s I was around since then were the "D" models in black with a camo top.  The closest they came to color would be their tail number on the tail, 3 digit number on the nose, red walk lines and national markings.  When the three cell ships would go out for their raids, by the time the third ship was lined up and rolling, all you could see through the smoke was the black tip above the smoke.

They had said that there was a buff at Guam with a big shark mouth, but I was at a different base at that time.

As I was getting near to ending my time in the war, sone "G" models had shown up to help with the raids, even though they carried a smaller bomb load than the "D"s

I don't know if they were there to increase the amount of aircraft being sent out or they were replacing lost aircraft.

[strikeeagle801]

1 hour ago, ikar said:

My first assignment was at Ellsworth and the tall tails on the alert pad were flat silver with white undersides.  They were about to be replaced by the camouflaged "G" model of which we had one in to help get the necessary people used to what was coming.  This one they put on display for a day with a rack of Quail in the bomb bay.

Almost all 52s I was around since then were the "D" models in black with a camo top.  The closest they came to color would be their tail number on the tail, 3 digit number on the nose, red walk lines and national markings.  When the three cell ships would go out for their raids, by the time the third ship was lined up and rolling, all you could see through the smoke was the black tip above the smoke.

They had said that there was a buff at Guam with a big shark mouth, but I was at a different base at that time.

As I was getting near to ending my time in the war, sone "G" models had shown up to help with the raids, even though they carried a smaller bomb load than the "D"s

I don't know if they were there to increase the amount of aircraft being sent out or they were replacing lost aircraft.

My dad was at Ellsworth 73-79. He talked about the MITO's with the 52's and 135's taking off and not being able to see on base for several minutes after because of all of the smoke/water vapor. Must've been quite the sight to see! 

 

Aaron 

[ikar]

I only did 2 months at Ellsworth before I got my orders for SEA   When I was at Loring I stopped my police vehicle and watched a full grown moose chase a 52 down the runway.  When the smoke cleared, the aircraft was some distance out and the moose was standing there looking around for it.  It was kind of fun to watch.

But I still did not like being in SAC.