Before the advent of Political Correctness,
aircraft crews individualized their plane with works of art. While
all manner of images appeared on the fuselage, the ones that most often caught
the eye were those depicting the female
anatomy. Certainly that is the case of the nose art in
"Liberator: The Plane and Her Crews." An enlisted
man stationed at Gioia del Colle, Italy, in 1944 managed to save many of
these fleeting beauties for posterity. Afraid his mother may be shocked
at his sinful wartime exposure, his pictures were hidden away and forgotten
for nearly fifty years. Now we can see what carried Grandpa through
the war. Images of B-24 nose art were taken from the
video "Liberator - The Plane and Her Crews" using SNAPPY
and cleaned up so as not to shock the innocent.
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