Nose art
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Nose art is the name given to the talismanic graffiti painted by war theater servicemen on the fuselage of military aircraft, usually located near the nose, for the purpose of individualizing aircraft.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1986-12-09-A
Content Description
The Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs Collection is a small collection consisting of two photographs of Women Air Service Pilots at Elgin Air Force Base with the B-29 "Ladybird" before a B-29 demonstration tour in 1944.The first photograph depicts Women Airforce Service Pilots Dora J. Dougherty and Dorothea J. Moorman accepting aircraft papers from a representative of the Boeing Company for the B-29 "Ladybird" at Eglin Field, Florida, June 1944. Nose art of Fifinella,...
Paul A. Ludwig Military Aviation Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008-11-06
Abstract
The Paul A. Ludwig Military Aviation Photograph Collection contains 2382 photographic prints and negatives with a very small amount of textual materials collected by Paul A. Ludwig and ranging from the late 1910s through the early 1980s. The bulk and strength of the collection is photographs of World War II-era aircraft and squadrons. The collection is nearly all copy prints from a variety of institutions and dozens of private collections.