January 26, 2017 at 9:45 pm
Which was the first RAF aircraft to have nose art during the first Gulf war and did John Peters and John Nichol (Tornado Down crew) express any desire to have any painted on their aircraft?
By: Tony C - 27th January 2017 at 16:58
From (often failing and faulty) memory, the aircraft that John Peters and John Nichol were shot down in, did not carry any artwork.
By: DaveF68 - 27th January 2017 at 09:52
Had a look, none of my books covering ‘Gulf Graffiti’ (including the eponomous one!) date the first artwork, although argueably the first ‘art’ was the Desert eagles badge applied to the Tornado F3 detachment
By: Sabrejet - 27th January 2017 at 04:57
Lyneham C-130Ks were pretty quick to be adorned. Not sure of dates though.
By: DaveF68 - 27th January 2017 at 00:05
In the main, the ground crew were reponsible for the artwork – the pilots just flew the a/c allocated to them for that mission