Now and Then Photos of the CAF Nose Art Collection (PART 5)

[Zack Baughman]

This is a series of photos of the CAF WWII nose art collection currently on loan to the EAA AirVenture Museum showing them now and during WWII. All photos are courtesy of the CAF.

15th AIR FORCE

B-24J "Miss Yourlovin" 746th Bomb Squadron, 456th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force

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B-17G "Rum & Coke" 483rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force

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B-24J "Sloppy But Safe" 727th Bomb Squadron, 451st Bomb Group, 15th Air Force

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B-17G "Tish" 775th Bomb Squadron, 463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force

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MISCELLANEOUS & UNKNOWN GROUPS/SQUADRONS

PB4Y-1 "Easy Maid" VPB-116 (Navy Patrol Bombing Squadron 116)

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B-17E "Nobby's Harriet Z" 7th Bomb Group, 10th Air Force; 97th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force; 38th Air Depot Group Repair Squadron, 15th Air Force

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