September 14, 2004 at 3:36 am
I’m doing a project at school on the puma’s in our local region. (western victoria, Australia) and would like to to find some nose art of puma’s that would of been used during 1942-1945 by the U.S airforce pilots. I don’t have any squadron number’s yet but i’m working on it. I do have the fighter group number and which airfoce commander they where under. but i’m not on my home pc at the min so i’ll post that info later. 🙂 any help would be great.
By: GDL - 22nd September 2004 at 14:26
Try ww2aircraft.com. They have a gallery that includes a section on nose art.
Actually, its http://ww2aircraft.net/ 🙂
By: Shifty_987 - 22nd September 2004 at 13:05
yeah that’d be great i’ve got about week to go maybe a week and a half
By: JDK - 15th September 2004 at 16:00
Fine.
Someone did. Oooo?
Cheers!
By: Mark12 - 15th September 2004 at 15:33
Didn’t Ginger Lacy’s Spitfire Sqn in the Far East have a leaping Puma accross the roundel?
Nah. A mailed fist – 17 Sqd.
Mark
By: JDK - 15th September 2004 at 14:24
Didn’t Ginger Lacy’s Spitfire Sqn in the Far East have a leaping Puma accross the roundel?
By: crazymainer - 15th September 2004 at 13:04
Hi shifty_987
If your not on a Time Limit thing here I can give my friends down at Maxwell AFB home of the USAF research lab and see what they can pull up. Also I might have some stuff for you on the 49 since they came to Maine after the war was over. Give me a day or so and I’ll rumage around my book collection to find my 49th book.
Cheers Crazymainer
By: Shifty_987 - 15th September 2004 at 12:47
right thanks so far but i’ve got more info….
the nose art in particular that i’m looking for is that of puma’s and if possible from the 5th Air Force USAAF, 49TH FIGHTER GROUP that was stationed in and around melbourne from 1942-1945.
By: Denis - 14th September 2004 at 06:50
Just a few examples here shifty, a google search works wonders 🙂
http://www.bombergirl.com/flightline/nosearticles/whatisnose.htm
By: Spiteful21 - 14th September 2004 at 06:30
Try ww2aircraft.com. They have a gallery that includes a section on nose art.