| RAF
& RCAF Aircraft Noseart in World War II. By Clarence Simonsen. Hikoki
Publications; ISBN: 1902109201. |
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Military
aircraft decorated with gaudy personalised artwork, usually of the ribald
and risque variety, are generally associated with American bombers and
fighters, most of which flew by day. In contrast, those of their allies
in the RAF and RCAF, especially the nocturnal bombers, are usually perceived
as being sober and dull. That this was far from being the case is revealed
in this photographic study which shows that the men who flew aircraft wearing
roundels could be just as imaginative in decorating their machines. The
results were as varied as the skills of the mostly untrained artists, who
used all manner of sources as their inspiration, but especially pinup pictures
by Vargas and Petty.- The author not only shows the finished nose (and
tail) art of many aircraft, but also pays tribute to many of their crews.
To do so he has enlisted the aid of a number of the men responsible for
painting the aircraft, as well as the assistance of Walt Disney studios-and
the model who was the original 'Petty Girl'.
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| Paperback
- 256 pages (Summer 2000) |
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| Allied
Aircraft Art: Nose Art, Paint Schemes & Unusual Markings on Aircraft
from Korea to Desert Storm by John M. Campbell, Donna Campbell. Schiffer
Publishing, Ltd.; ISBN: 0887404448 |
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In
over 270 color photographs, this book is a tour through modern aircraft
paint schemes and markings, with its shark's teeth, heavy metal magic,
and racy ladies. The reader will journey to: a European Tiger Meet where
tiger and jungle cat paint schemes are the rule and not the exception -
A-10 Thunderbolts and F-4 Phantom IIs - a stroll into Operation Desert
Storm, and a first hand look at the Tornados, Victors, and C-130s which
were participants - for perhaps the first time, a close-up look into the
weapons bays of the now infamous F-117 Stealth fighter and the hidden humor
of weapons bay art - a look at the colorful metaphors painted on the weapons
to be delivered to Saddam Hussein - rare F-105 Thunderchief bomb bay door
art, and the clever names on the intakes and panels of just about any active
duty aircraft of the last twenty years.
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| (Hardcover
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| Painted
Ladies: Modern Military Aircraft Nose Art and Unusual Markings (Schiffer
Military History) by Randy Walker. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; ISBN: 0887403921 |
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Today's
nose art has become the rule and not the exception throughout the bomber
and tanker fores of Strategic Air Command, and although Tactical Air Command
frowns on non-standard markings of any sort, several TAC gained Air National
Guard units have artwork on their aircraft. Tradition plays a large part
in modem nose art. As shown in Randy Walkers' new book cartoons and sexy
ladies have returned. Names like "Memphis Belle", "Chow Hound" and "Maid
in the USA", that once went to war on B-17s and B-24s are now carried by
B-52s and FB-111s, as well as many other moderm aircraft. This modem nose
art is often applied by a professional artist, though it is sometimes paintedby
members of the unit, and in the process some excellent artwork has been
created., over 650 color photographs, 9" x 12"
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| Paperback
126 pages (March 1994) |
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| Talisman:
A Collection of Nose Art by John M. Campbell, Donna Campbell. Schiffer
Publishing, Ltd.; ISBN: 0887404146 |
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TALISMAN
(tal'is men) [Fr. < Ar tilasm, magic figure, one with the power to avert
evil] Anything thought to have magic power; a charm. This new collection
of nose-art shows in over 650 photographs, many in color, the various "good-luck"
figures and symbols as featured on B-17s, B-24s, B-25s, B-29s, P-40s, P-51s
as well as foreign aircraft in US markings from all theaters of World War
II and Korea. Most of these photographs are published here for the first
time, and express the whimsand thoughts of crew members as they try to
represent in nose-art a shield against bad luck - namely, enemy actions.
As in their previous work, WARPAINT, John and Donna Campbell have culled
the most
unusual,
outrageous, and prophetic nose-art from their many years of collecting
aviation history in photographs. Over 650 b/w and color photographs, 9"
x 12"
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| Hardcover:
252 pages (July 1993) |
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| Birds
of Prey: Aircraft, Nose Art & Mission Markings of Operation Desert
Shield/Desert Storm by David F. Brown. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; ISBN:
0887404723 |
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This
new book is the most complete photo study available of the air war in the
Gulf, and covers every unit that participated including French, Italian,
British, and Saudi. Dave Brown has collected from his vast archives, as
well as from participants, photos of U.S. Air Force, ANG, Navy and Marine
Corps, and SAC: F-15s, A-10s, B-52s, F-16s, F-14s, F-111s, F-117 Stealth,
C-5s, KC-10s, C-141s, C-13s, Kc-135s, U-2/TR-1,and many other American,
British, Italian, and French fighters, bombers, helicopters, cargo/transport,
refeuling, and reconnaissance aircraft. David F. Brown is the author of
TOMCATS FOREVER and F-16 FIGHTING FALCONS, and is U.S. correspondent for
AIR FORCES MONTHLY. He lives in Spring Grove, PA. , over 750 color photographs,
9" x 12"
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| Paperack
160 pages (July 1993) |
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