nose art

An oversized "Skull & Wings" insignia on plane's side near the nose indicates this parked B-25J Mitchell is assigned to 490th Bomb Squadron, 341st Bomb Group. The 490th had stayed in India, attached to Tenth Air Force, when 341st BG moved from to China in January 1944. With aerial combat finished in Burma, the 490th BS (attached to 312 Fighter...

Major Gen. Charles B. Stone arrives on the B-25 "Charlie's Aunt" during a visit to Yangkai on the August 29, 1945. Yangkai, APO 212, during WWII.

Pilot Edward "Two-Gun" McCoy posing with M1903 "Springfield" rifle in 1943 before his plane, B-24 WE'REWOLVES. His stance matches the image of him painted by Thomas Grady near the pilot's window, above him. (Thanks to John Olin for supplemental info about his grandfather "Two-Gun" McCoy!)

Salvage of a broken B-24 "WE'REWOLVES", crashed on take-off crash on March 20th, at Panagarh. Upon crash, live bombs were spewed out of the bomb bay. Fortunately the arming pins were still in the fuses. Speculation of some was that the accident was caused by loss of lift due to the negative angle of attack caused by a high speed...

Salvage of a broken B-24 "WE'REWOLVES", crashed on take-off crash on March 20th, at Panagarh. Upon crash, live bombs were spewed out of the bomb bay. Fortunately the arming pins were still in the fuses. Speculation of some was that the accident was caused by loss of lift due to the negative angle of attack caused by a high speed...

Crew with B-24 "WE'REWOLVES" in the Panagar in 1943, during WWII, August 1943, Panagar, India. In top image--Standing L-R: Capt. Edward L. McCoy, 1st Lt. Earl A. Rambow, T/Sgt. Russell F. Doman, S/Sgt. Thomas L. Grady. Kneeling L-R: T/Sgt. Roy A. Whistle, 1Lt. Robert L. "Mac" McIntosh, Lt. John Miller, S/Sgt. George P. Sibulski, S/Sgt. Lester V. Bebout. In bottom...

Walter Kappel and his crew with B-24 "Star Duster" in the CBI during WWII.

S/Sgt. Thomas Lonergan Grady, tail gunner in a B-24 in the CBI during WWII, February - December, 1943. A total of 48 missions flown. Also an artist, and witness to things good and things heartbreaking during the war. He was born in Boston on June 11, 1918, to attorney Frederic J. Grady and Eleanor C. (O'Brion) Grady. He was an...

Celebrities visit and perform at Yangkai, Yunnan province, during WWII: Mary Landa, Ann Sheridan, Ruth Dennis pose with B-25 with Sheridan's image as nose art.

The B-24 "Maxwell House II" being refueled in a revetment in SW China, likely Sichuan, during WWII. Courtesy of https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsphoto/id/7812.