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    Nose Art gallore****

    My mom's uncle was stationed in Phillipines, he just happened to like photography as a hobby and he had the foresight to take pictures of all the different nose art.

    he died a few years ago and 2 years ago his wife died. So imagine my surprise when i came home from college and my mom had these for me. I didn't know they existed until then.

    does sudek13 like nose art?
    QUESTION... what is the story with the lucky 13 girl with the 8 balls. is this a famous plane or was this girl as nose art copied?
    are any of these planes famous? they are b-24's, right? too small to be b -17's.
    they might be due to the airport size? wish i knew more details about where this was.


    Last edited by Von Hoth; 04-07-2007, 05:43 PM.
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    GUS' JOKERS:

    B-24-M
    CO 44-41848
    31st Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force
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      DRAGON LADY:

      B-24-M
      FO 44-49753
      23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force
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        #4
        FLAMING AMIE

        44-42392
        31st Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force


        LADY LUCK:

        44-49845
        31st Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force


        TOP O' THE MARK

        44-42245
        23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force

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          #5
          STREAMLINER (bottom picture on the right):

          B-24-J
          CO 44-40543
          23rd Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force
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            #6
            Some answers to your questions:

            --Yes, sudek13 does buy some nose art photographs. Whoever he has bidding on these auctions knows very little about nose art.

            --Yes, these are all B-24's.

            --The names DRAGON LADY and LADY LUCK were commonly used during WW II. For instance there were B-24's named DRAGON LADY in the following units:

            5th Bomb Group
            11th Bomb Group
            308th Bomb Group
            446th Bomb Group
            449th Bomb Group
            454th Bomb Group

            There were B-24's named LADY LUCK in the following units:

            5th Bomb Group
            44th Bomb Group
            308th Bomb Group
            380th Bomb Group
            446th Bomb Group
            448th Bomb Group
            458th Bomb Group

            Plus there were B-17's painted with the names DRAGON LADY and LADY LUCK.

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              LADY LUCK:

              B-24-L
              FO 44-49845
              31st Bomb Squadron, 5th Bomb Group, 13th Air Force
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                #8
                You can find out more about the 5th Bomb Group by clicking on the following web sites:

                www.31stbombers.org

                www.5thbomberbarons.com

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                  #9
                  I don't know if that guy would buy your pictures, but I wouldn't sell them.

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                    SMOOTH SUE:

                    I'm not sure, but this might be B-24-CM, 42-64168 which flew with the 6th PR Group.

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                      #11
                      Nose art is a specialty area of collecting, and there are several serious nose art collectors in the United States, Europe and at least one I know of in Australia.

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                        #12
                        thanks for helping me identify the units, so most if not all of these are from the 13th, huh? that's a lucky number for warfare.

                        how did you look this up? you have a book on it? was I correct that they were in the phillipines?

                        thanks again, and I was kinda of joking about the sudek13 guy, I don't think i'd sell these unless i got into real financial trouble, which could easily happen though seeing as i'm going to graduate school soon.

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