nose art

Nose art of a Consolidated B-24 bomber "Nip Nipper." This is later in the war, and the B-24 has been modified to carry cargo, with the nose guns (and much more) removed.

Nose art of a Consolidated C-109 (a modification of the B-24 bomber) "White Angel" in the CBI during WWII. Probably serial #44-49059.

Nose art of the P-61 "Howe's About It" in the CBI during WWII. The craft also has nose art of a woman reclining with the name "Cynthia Kay." (Much appreciation to Yves Marino for corrections to this entry.)

Nose art of a Consolidated C-109 (a modification of the B-24 bomber) "White Angel" in the CBI during WWII. The cockpit window is labeled with a large uppercase "BIZZY." Probably serial #44-49059.

B-24 "The Snark" and crew in the CBI. Image from Emery and Beth Vrana. Among the images collected by the editors of Ex-CBI Roundup (through reader submission), and shared with the Remembering Shared Honor project, were a series of images provided by Emery and Beth Vrana. Images include India, Burma, and China.

B-25H Mitchell bomber #444 "Shark Mouth" of Ringer Squadron in flight in the CBI, in the area of southern China, Indochina, or Burma. During WWII.

Images of escorting P-40 Warhawks with a painted shark's mouth somewhere over southern China, Indochina, or Burma during WWII, as taken from the tail gunner's window on a B-25 bomber. Close in is the P-40 nicknamed "Princess," tail number 155. Who is this man in the cockpit? This plane is likely of 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group.

Hubert F. Blades, S/Sgt., from Vicksburg, Mississippi, aerial gunner on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May 1943. A marker listing him and most of the crew was placed at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 82 Site 202, 2900 Sheridan Road, St. Louis, Mo. (Image, and much information, courtesy of Tony Strotman.)

A marker listing him and most of the crew was placed at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 82 Site 202, 2900 Sheridan Road, St. Louis, Mo. (Image at top, and much information, courtesy of Tony Strotman.)

Clearly deeply missed by his family, a memorial for Douglas C. Weaver was embedded within the tombstone for his parents, Harry Elwood Weaver (1878 - 1964) and Nora R. Weaver (1885 - 1972) at Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg. (Images thanks to Mary Downing-Mahan.) Douglas C. Weaver, Capt, from Miamisburg, Ohio, pilot on the B-25, lost in China on 8 May...