Air Force History You Wouldn’t See Today
Update: A WWII pilot’s family reports on finding the nose art from their grandfather’s plane… in the risqué section of the museum.
The Commemorative Air Force has loaned a collection of nose art saved from to-be-scrapped B-17s and B-24s to the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for display for at least the next year.
The collection of 34 pieces of “nose art”…is the largest of its kind…
The double-entendres, bravado and pride reflected in the nose art speak to the intimate bond the crews had with their planes. Young men, some not even in their 20s, put their Read more