Vintage Aircraft Nose Art
Vintage Aircraft Nose Art

Author: Gary Valant

Publisher: Zenith Press

Published: 2002-01-12

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0760312087

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The unique art that graced military aircraft in World War II and the Korean War. Applied by amateurs or professional artists like Vargas, the art typically featured alluring women whose charms belied the deadly cargo the crew hoped to deliver to its targets. Hundreds of examples are shown in a combination of archival photos from the wars and current photos of artwork in museum collections.

Fighting Colors
Fighting Colors

Author: Gary Velasco

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2010-07-28

Total Pages: 689

ISBN-13: 1596529989

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Since the early days of flight, military pilots have personalized aircraft with artistic creations, giving each plane a unique identity and aircrews a sense of pride in ""their war bird."" This comprehensive volume covers the technical aspect on how nose art was applied to vintage military aircraft, with hundreds of fighters and bombers pictured. The uses of materials, supplies, and development of nose art designs are discussed with surviving nose artists. The author examines and analyzes WWII–era photographs and reveals their content along with numerous photos never before published. Recreating step-by-step flying war bird nose art restorations is outlined for the first time. Fighting Colors is an enjoyable read for military personnel and a graphic tool for all enthusiasts of pinup and vintage aircraft nose art.

Aircraft Nose Art
Aircraft Nose Art

Author: Andretta Schellinger

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-02-26

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0786497718

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Since World War I, nose art has adorned military aircraft around the world. Intended for friendly rather than enemy eyes, these images--with a wide range of artistic expression--are part of the personal and unit histories of pilots and aircrews. As civilian and military attitudes and rationales for war change from one conflict to the next, changes can also be seen in the iconography of nose art. This analysis from a cultural perspective compares nose art in the United States, Great Britain and France from World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Fighting Colors
Fighting Colors

Author: Gary Velasco

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1563119870

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This new book by Artist/author Gary Velasco is an illustrated history on the creation of military aircraft nose art. This comprehensive volume covers the technical aspects of how nose art was applied to vintage military aircraft and the uses of materials, supplies and development of nose art designs as researched through discussions with surviving nose artists. The author examines and analyzes the WW II era b/w photographs and reveals their color content along with many never-before-published photos, thereby recreating step-by-step actual flying warbird nose art restorations for the first time. Fighting Colors is a graphic tool for all enthusiasts of pinup and vintage aircraft nose art. For artists, this book will outline what the masters knew when the age of sign painting, along with a little bit of imagination and brushes, was a common trade. For veterans and their families, Fighting Colors will serve as a source of reflection and inspiration for years to come.

B-17 Nose Art Name Directory
B-17 Nose Art Name Directory

Author: Wallace R. Forman

Publisher: Specialty Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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A product of years of statistical research, this detailed listing of over 7,800 Consolidated B-17s in all their variations from the WWII era, provides the aircraft's name and, where available, group, squadron and serial number.

Painted Ladies
Painted Ladies

Author: Randy Walker

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780887403927

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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 modem aircraft. This modem nose art is often applied by a professional artist, though it is sometimes painted by members of the unit, and in the process some excellent artwork has been created.

Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art
Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art

Author: John Brennan

Publisher:

Published: 2018-01-04

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781625450357

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Like a fifty-year-old time capsule unearthed and opened for public display, this book unlocks a treasure trove of over 250 recently recovered Vietnam War photographs from veterans. These helicopter nose art photos capture that typical and distinctive American war custom of embellishing one's assigned aircraft with personalized markings.