Re: Nose art on US warplanes

From: Abrigon Gusiq (abrigon_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 02:51:25 -0900
To: sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org

Much like how in modern US Army you have your name or the pilots name,
co-pilot and crew chief and like..

Be it air craft, or other vehicle.. I know, my unit rotates drivers, so
putting my name might annoy someone.. Sad..

Mike

David Wilma wrote:
>
> >Q1) The US Army Air Corp (the US didn't have an Air Force during WW2)
>
> Proper name of the service was U.S. Army Air Forces. The branch of the Army was
> the Air Corps.
>
> >a lot of their planes with nose art. But it didn't seem like the US
> >Naval aviation planes had as much.
>
> Nose art was a function of the sense of possession that air crews and ground
> crews had for their aircraft, command policy, and the room available. Command
> policy was the biggest factor.
>
> In many units, crews did not fly the same airplanes every day. In the 8th Air
> Force in England, two or three air crews of ten men each used the same
> airplane, so they had a lot to say about nose art.
>
> In the Pacific, B-29 crews followed the 8th Air Force example and liberally
> decorated aircraft, but a Congressional delegation became offended and nose art
> was banned by the command, much to the annoyance of the air and ground crews.
> The famous Bock's Car and Enola Gay only had names and no artwork.
>
> >Nowadays, you don't see any nose art on US military planes
>
> Again, a function of command and the fact that no single pilot/crew gets to fly
> the same plane every day. The sense of possession is just not the same.
>
> David Wilma
> www.HistoryLink.org
> The online encyclopedia of Washington state history.

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