nose art

Clarence M. Miller leans from B-29 cockpit window. The 462th Bomb Group insignia reads "Hellbirds: With Malice Toward Some" around a B-29 silhouette. (Despite the photo being labeled as 467th BS, there is no record of such a squadron being assigned to the 462nd Bombardment Group. ---Thanks to Al Schutte for the update!) Photo from Clarence M. Miller.

The Stinson L-1 Vigilant named "Sick Call" evacuating wounded Chinese and Indian troops. South of the Shweli River, 124th Cavalry, Mars Task Force. Photo from Dwight Burkam.

A parachute forms a backdrop in this Chapel in Kunming in 1945. Father Charles F. Meeus celebrates mass. The Father's pulpit is the cowling for the P-40K "Little Flower" flown by Ray Kaiser (25th FS). "Little Flower" was St Therese from Lisieux, France. (Thanks JBarbaud) Notice the corrugated metal making up the lower area of the alter, also likely parts...

A P-38J nicknamed "Daddy Bear" in the CBI, fitted with three cameras for photo recon. Out of Akyab Burma, on dry rice-paddy air strip. Photo by R. T. Keagle, 40th Photo Recon Sqdn.

B-24s flying in a group. Possible tail-number of closest, nicknamed "Joney Bounce," is #124228. In the CBI.

A B-24 bomber with nose art in the CBI during WWII.

P-40 "Idiots Delight" in the CBI during WWII.

A dog poses with a B-24 which has a bulldog in hat as nose art. In the CBI. From R. D. Lichty.

The B-25 "Tokyo Jo" and crew in Yunnan province, China, having bombed Tokyo April 18-19, 1942, as part of Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.

The B-24 bomber "DRIVE ME HOME" in the CBI during WWII.