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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

John W. Lambert Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-06-25
Scope of the Collection The John W. Lambert Photograph Collection consists of 9,687 black-and-white and color photographs, 2,048 black-and-white and color negatives and nine photographic slides, as well as a small amount of textual material primarily documenting air operations during World War II. The strength of the collection is that it includes visual documentation of Army Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Allied aircraft in combat around the world. There are photographs of aircraft on operations...
Dates: circa 1930s-1955
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Solomon Mullin World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-09-12
Overview

Solomon Mullin served as a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombardier and instructor in the 385th Bomb Group for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The collection is comprised of textual and photographic materials related to his military service. The documents date from 1942 to 1999, although the bulk of the collection dates from 1942-1945.

Dates: 1942-1945, 1999; Majority of material found within 1942-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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...
Dates: June 1944
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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.

Dates: 1918-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1940-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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