Nose art depicted on fighter aircraft in World War II Various



Do you know that various things are drawn on fighter and bomber aircraft? Some people have seen things like eyes and mouth like sharks in movies etc. Or since there are few women in the battlefield, it is said that "at the very least a picture" and that a woman is drawnNose Artis. Especially in the Second World War many nose arts have been made into tight faces, and the area of ​​art has been raised.

So, I tried collecting nose art and other nose art depicted in the Second World War. It is quite interesting.
First of all in the case of World War II.

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There is a sample similar to Microsoft's page.

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3 | Nose Art

There seems to be some people who have drawn this nose art and became famous, one of them being introduced on the following page.

Pinup art, nose art, 60's VARGAS GIRL, Vargas, PLAY BOY, American modern art

Flickr also had what was drawn on B - 25.

B - 25 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

So, in case of Japan. Although it seems that it was not during wartime as expected, something like the one shown below is once. Yu Nagano, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Kenichi Sonoda, Hiroshi Uemura, Satoru Watanabe Valkyrie by design.

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In addition there is nose art of "Oh my goddess".

Nose Art

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