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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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What were the markings called on the WW2 bombers....the ones who put pictures of a woman on the nose of the airplane...or does it even have a name?
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 10:48 AM
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the pin up pictures? or the marks of how many planes they killed?
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 10:52 AM
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It's a good thing he's good at Halo though...
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 10:53 AM
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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far as i know it was just called nose art. there isnt really a specific term for it
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 10:55 AM
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nose art
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 10:57 AM
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 11:00 AM
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Yeah the pinup ones, that are kinda cartoony like Betty Boop..

I just keep gettin a picture in my head of a Betty Boop picture riding on top of a bomb, and its on the nose of a WW2 bomber
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Old Nov 1, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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ya nose art.

http://www.acepilots.com/planes/nose_art.html
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