Here is an unprecendented collection of the unique art that graced military aircraft in World War II and the Korean War. Applied by amateurs or professional artists like Vargas and Brinkman, the art typically featured alluring women whose charms belied the deadly cargo the crew hoped to deliver to its targets. Hundreds of examples are shown in a combination of archival photos from the wars and current photos of artwork in museum collections. Fully captioned with aircraft type and unit assignment.
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TREMENDOUS COLLECTION OF NOSE ART PHOTOGRAPHS,
This review is from: Vintage Aircraft Nose Art (Hardcover)
Phenomenal book for the ages. Valant does an incredible job not only preserving the rich history of WWII nose art, and whenever possible, he also list Bomb Groups and Squadrons to accompany the photographs. THIS IS A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, not a lot of written material on the history of WWII pinups. This is a great collection for the collector as it also has some pictures of the old A-2 Leather bombers with the pin-up art painted on them as well. Easily worth the money. Get it before it goes out of print.
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A must have for all Aviation buffs.,
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This review is from: Vintage Aircraft Nose Art (Hardcover)
This book is excelent! The first time I looked through this book it was like going through a time machine. To sell all of those black, white, and color photos, and thinking that the majority of the airplanes where shot down was very majestic. Then I turned to one page and it had a photo of a B-29 named "Were Wolf" and I remember seeing that exact photo at my granfather's house, the nose art was from my grandfather's brother's plane. It's an honor to have his plane's photo in the book. This book is a must have for all aviation buffs.
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Excelent monarge of vintage photos of aircraft & crews with jackets displaying art of the times. Full color photos.
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The Confederate Air Force in Harlingen, Texas, has perhaps the largest collection of authentic World War II nose art in the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Guam May, Kwajalein July, Dragon Lady, World War, Air Force Museum, Miss Lace, North Africa, Heavenly Body, Shady Lady, Simonsen Brinkman, Began March, Delta Rebel, Fancy Nancy, Frankfurt January, Hell's Belle, John Bull, Lucky Lady, Over Exposed, Sleepy Time Gal, Stuttgart September, Walnut Ridge New!
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The Confederate Air Force in Harlingen, Texas, has perhaps the largest collection of authentic World War II nose art in the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Guam May, Kwajalein July, Dragon Lady, World War, Air Force Museum, Miss Lace, North Africa, Heavenly Body, Shady Lady, Simonsen Brinkman, Began March, Delta Rebel, Fancy Nancy, Frankfurt January, Hell's Belle, John Bull, Lucky Lady, Over Exposed, Sleepy Time Gal, Stuttgart September, Walnut Ridge New!
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- Terry and the Pirates no. 20: Burma on the Run by Milton Caniff in Front Matter
- Male Call: The Complete War Time Strip 1942-1946 by Milton Caniff on page 112
- Lightning Strikes (Hudson Family, Book 2) by V. C. Andrews on page 26
- Pearl Harbor (Movie Tie-In) by Randall Wallace on page 100
- Terry and the Pirates (Training With Flip Corkin #17,1943) by Milton Caniff in Front Matter
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- A-2 and G-1 Flight Jackets: Hell-Bent for Leather (Motorbooks Classic) by Derek Nelson on page 121
- Aircraft Nose Art: From World War I to Today (Motorbooks Classics) by Jeffrey Ethell on page 11
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