Nose Art

[paperinik]

Gran bel Nose Art da parte della nostra Guarda Costiera su uno dei loro Piaggio Albatros...BELLO!

 

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Anche questo tail è molto bello, chiunque sia la signora dell'immagine (Sigrid Undset, per la cronaca).

 

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Se non c'è altro sulle Nose Art, potremmo sempre aprire un topic sulle Tail Art...

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Se non c'è altro sulle Nose Art, potremmo sempre aprire un topic sulle Tail Art...

 

 

L'espressione "mi hai tolto le parole le bocca" ti dice nulla? Per le nose abbiamo raschiato il fondo del barile, per le tail c'è ancora qualcosa di vergine in giro.

[paperinik]

si può sicuramente aprire un thread specifico...ma vi garantisco che per le Nose Art c'è molto ancora. Non avete idea quante foto mi capitano sottomano di disegni ancora non postati (specie USAF).

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L'espressione "mi hai tolto le parole le bocca" ti dice nulla? Per le nose abbiamo raschiato il fondo del barile, per le tail c'è ancora qualcosa di vergine in giro.

 

Si ci credo!

 

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si può sicuramente aprire un thread specifico...ma vi garantisco che per le Nose Art c'è molto ancora. Non avete idea quante foto mi capitano sottomano di disegni ancora non postati (specie USAF).

 

 

E che aspetti a postarlo? Siamo affamati.

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[gobbomaledetto]

Tail belga:

 

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Questa l'hanno messa oggi sul sito dove l'ho prelevata, speriamo sia "fresca"...

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RAF, "Hawk": [/u]

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6-17-06 - Willow Grove Naval Air Station Air Show, USA

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[paperinik]

E che aspetti a postarlo? Siamo affamati.

 

Ecco qualche nose al volo.

Prima qualcosa di classico con un paio di shark mouth :

il primo su un F-5 dell'USAF in schema mimetico Aggressor (sul timone di coda c'è anche il sol levante e la stella rossa come tail art)

il secondo su un F-4J della JASDF (tutto l'aereo è comunque uno special scheme)

 

...ed ecco qualcosa di più particolare:

L'Hercules di supporto alle Turkish Stars (la pattuglia acrobatica turca che vola su F-5)

Un Falcon belga, immediatamente sotto la radice dell'ala sono dipinti tutti gli aerei che sono stati in servizio presso quel reparto (si riconosce lo Spit, il Sabre, il 104, il Canuck) e -vera chicca- sul dorso dell'aereo è dipinto uno spitfire (uno schema simile è stato adottato recentemente da un Mig-29 ungherese).

Modificato 18 Dicembre 2008 da paperinik

[paperinik]

E visto che vi piacciono anche i Tail Art eccovi un 3-in-1 belga:

 

Qui invece un'ennesima variante della raffigurazione della tigre simbolo del Tiger Meet:

 

Phantom greco che celebra nella sua coda i 50 anni di Phantom (anchi i tedeschi hanno eleborato per l'occasione uno special scheme molto bello....in nero!)

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Molto belli, pap, se hai roba così continua pure!

 

Alcuni aerei da turismo americani:

 

 

[Blue Sky]

Se non c'è altro sulle Nose Art, potremmo sempre aprire un topic sulle Tail Art...

 

Diciamo che fanno parte della stessa tipologia di rappresentazioni, per quanto riguarda la parola fine, direi che vi sbagliate ne avrei ancora parecchie da postare !!! :asd:

 

Facciamo un pò il punto della situazione:

 

Post N°1521-1524-1526-1528-1531-1532-1533-1534-1535-1537-1538-1539-15401-1541-1542-1543-1545-1546-1552-1553-1559-1560-1563-1564-1567 Tutti già postati, inoltre per le colorazioni speciali degli aerei di linea c'è già un topic apposito!

 

Quando gli aerei si vestono..., la pubblicità vola alta...

 

 

 

 

 

SATAN'S WORKSHOP B-17F-75-BO 42-29931

303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

 

This B17 served with the famous "Bloody Hundredth" 100th Bomb Group prior to being transferred out of the 3rd Bomb Division in mid-July and sent to the 303rd Bomb Group at Molesworth. It completed three missions flying from Thorpe Abbotts sporting the name of "Jaybird".

After arrival at Molesworth the aircraft flew many lead roles and sustained considerable damage in the process. Of its 35 recorded missions, nineteen were flown as group lead; on eleven of them significant battle daamge was sustained from flak, fighters and friendly fire. On 4th October 1943 the crew of Captain John Casello claimed three Me110s shot down -- the same crew claimed another Me109 over Oschersleben on 11th January 1944. David Clifton's gunners had bagged an Fw190 over LeBourget in mid-August and Major Mitchell's ball gunner destroyed another over Emden in early October.

It was the icy cold waters of the English Channel that finally claimed Satan's Workshop on 22nd February 1944. George Underwood had the #2 engine shot out by flak over Achersleben and after struggling back across the enemy coast he was forced to ditch into a rough sea -- all on board were killed.

Modificato 18 Dicembre 2008 da Blue Sky

[Blue Sky]

Nose art painted by Sgt Johnnie White

96th Bomb Group

Snetterton Heath, England

 

 

BLACK HAWK B-17F-90-BO 42-30180

96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

This was another Fort originally assigned to 384BG but transferred on 6th July to 96BG. Some sources suggest that the aircraft was also named "Guzzlers" but on its right side Johnnie White painted an impressive design of a black bird riding an 8-ball sprouting machineguns like a chin turret, or ball turret. "Black Hawk" did not in fact carry the chin turret which became standard with later B17G models. If it had the aircraft might have faired better in the latter half of the year. Between mid-July and 31st December it sustained notable battle damage on at least seven occasions. On the final day of 1943, flak inflicted particularly serious damage which put the plane out of action for some time.

Returning to combat in January 1944 it was hit heavily again on 29th when "Black Hawk" was riddled with 20mm cannon fire, which also wounded two of the crew. The veteran Fort may have been withdrawn from combat operations after this battering and at some time later in the year was transferred to be modified for the experimental remote control "Aphrodite" project. Stripped of weaponry and packed with explosives and extra fuel, the aircraft was aimed at the submarine pens at Heligoland on 11th September 1944. Tragically, one of the pilots was killed as he bailed out of the "drone" but it was successfully controlled by the "mother" ship and aimed at the target. 350 metres short of its aiming point it was shot down into the sea.

Note that just below the angled cheek gun mounting, someone has added further embellishment by cutting out a Vargas pin-up from a copy of Esquire magazine and pasting it onto the side, adding the name "Bette Lore".

[Blue Sky]

91st Bomb Group Bassingbourn, England

 

 

SUNKIST SUE

B-17G-50-DL 44-6293 401st Bomb Squadron

Jack Gaffney was also Crew Chief to this Douglas-built B17G which he named and embellished with a beautiful piece of nose art. One of the pilots which flew the ship intended to rename the plane as "Peggy" after his wife but he never got round to it before moving on to another Fort.

Another pilot who flew the plane was less than enthusiastic about it, complaining that it was "sluggish and had trouble maintaining position in the formation". He suspected it had an fundamental airframe fault and as a consequence the plane had its ball turret removed at the end of October 1944. His test flight of the modified "Sunkist Sue" was no milk run -- it was to Merseburg on 2nd November and the formation came under severe fighter attack. His crew claimed five enemy fighters during the ensuing melee.

On 29th January 1945, flown by James Ashlock's crew, "Sunkist Sue" lost an engine over the Niederlahnstein rail yards and lagged behind the formation. Finding safety at an emergency field on the continent, Ashlock's crew left their plane there and returned by ferry flight to England. It did eventually return to Bassingbourn but does not seem to have flown any further missions before returning to the USA in June 1945.

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[Blue Sky]

Nose art painted by Sgt Eugene Townsend

301st Bomb Group, 32nd Bomb Squadron

England, North Africa, Italy

 

 

SPECIAL DELIVERY II B-17F-5-BO 41-24418

301st Bomb Group 32nd Bomb Squadron

Assigned to the 352nd Bomb squadron at Westover, this B17F was initially named as "Mickey Finn" and flew eleven missions from Chelveston bearing that name. Lt Walter A Williams flew the Fort on the 301BG's first combat sortie to Rouen on 5th September 1942. When the group redeployed to Tafaraoui in North Africa, 418 was transferred into 32BS and re-named as "Special Delivery II" after the originally named Fort suffered flak damage in mid December and was scrapped.

Sixty-eight more missions were completed before "Special Delivery II" was considered "War Weary" and sent back to the USA proudly sporting at least eight swastikas for fighter kills. Here it was used to train the seemingly endless line of fledgling aircrews at Rapid City AAB, including men destined for service with 398BG. In October 1944, it was worn out and written off.

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Aereo polacco (non specifica se muso o coda).

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Un "nose" degli anni Venti (la didascalia originale recita: Hisso-powered mystery plane, about which no data were found, only a submitted photo):

 

 

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[Blue Sky]

Nose art painted by George Rarey

362nd Fighter Group

Wormingford, England

 

 

DANNY BOY P-47D Serial unknown

Assigned to 1Lt Bob McKee of 379th Fighter Squadron who flew his first combat mission on 10th February 1944 escorting the heavy bombers to Brunswick. Flying "tail-end charlie", McKee was forced to belly land out of fuel on his return into an open field. It is not known if he was flying "Danny Boy" on this occasion as the serial number is not yet known undentified.

McKee was flying as #3 ship in Rarey's flight on 26th June 44 and witnessed the loss of his fighter pilot/artist friend. His own plane was also hit by the same torrent of 20mm, 40mm and rifle fire which saturated the sky as they made their low level strafing run on a German truck. Rarey's P47 exploded and McKee was also reported lost but he struggled back to arrive 25 minutes after the rest of the flight.