Some nice WW2 nose-art and paint-jobs on B-24s

[Cyril]

 

[Cyril]

 

[B-Man2]

LOL !

No attempt to camouflage some of those aircraft. I’m wondering if that was done towards the end of the war when the threat of being attacked by the Luftwaffe had diminished.I’m talking about the orange and red painted aircraft .

 

[Cyril]

LOL !

No attempt to camouflage some of those aircraft. I’m wondering if that was done towards the end of the war when the threat of being attacked by the Luftwaffe had diminished.I’m talking about the orange and red painted aircraft .

maybe an attempt to confuse the germans...no sis kant be se enemy
or they were flying home at the end of the war and were just soo happy!

 

[Chandler]

LOL !

No attempt to camouflage some of those aircraft. I’m wondering if that was done towards the end of the war when the threat of being attacked by the Luftwaffe had diminished.I’m talking about the orange and red painted aircraft .

Wasn't that a "rally plane?" Sent up first for the rest of the squadron to rally around, then the plane would get them on the right track and return home.

Highly visible for the rest of the pilots.

I remember seeing one with big polka dots.

Sorry, "Assembly Ships."

Assembly ship - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Cyril]

this one? You are certainly right describing what they were used for.

 

[Otter]

Yup, the brightly painted planes are Judas Goats. Usually war weary frames, painted in hi-vis to let formations form up on them before crossing outbound.

 

[Chandler]

this one? You are certainly right describing what they were used for.

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There was another with more varied sized dots in reds and oranges (IIRC), I think I remember it from a story in Scale Modeler or Military Modeler back in the 70s.

 

[FlakMagnet]

Excellent thread!

 

[Cyril]

There was another with more varied sized dots in reds and oranges (IIRC), I think I remember it from a story in Scale Modeler or Military Modeler back in the 70s.

i found a whole site on that: https://www.vintagewings.ca/stories/polkadotwarriors

this one is really cool (as long as enemies were coming from 3 o'clock, they must have rubbed their eyes ):

 

[flyincowboy]

IN FORMATION WITH THE POLKA DOTS

 

[flyincowboy]

B-24 Mabel’s Labels. Give me a great big smile!

 

[flyincowboy]

B24 nose art

 

[flyincowboy]

the goon

 

[flyincowboy]

 

[flyincowboy]

B-24 Liberator 42-40506 Fightin Sam

 

[flyincowboy]

AND THE FAMOUS ZODIAC SQUADRON

 

[flyincowboy]

 

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