Author Topic: 4th Fg Noseart  (Read 299 times)

Offline YUCCA

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4th Fg Noseart
« on: February 05, 2004, 01:20:41 AM »
Well i was lookin for noseart for my squad (the Fourth FG) and found several things of nsoeart.  Alot of them were birds in a boxing pose but i found alot of differnt ones.  Could anyone tell me which one was used the most or most commonly assoiciated with the squad?

thanks in advance.

Offline Toad

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Found this at the 4th FG site
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2004, 01:35:36 AM »

Said to be Jim Ayers' leather squadron patch.
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4th Fg Noseart
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2004, 03:13:21 AM »
=4th FG= from warbirds and the Real 4th of WWII link here,
 great squad in WB btw, not sure if still active

http://www.fourthfightergroup.com/resource/4th.html
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4th Fg Noseart
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2004, 04:17:19 PM »
Images from "The Debden Warbirds-The 4th Fighter Group in World War II" by Frank Speer.

This was the nose art on 4th FG pilot Fred Glover's 51D.  In the back of the book are a number of color nose art shots, of Don Allen's  work.  Don Allen was a crew chief with the 4th and did many of the original nose art on the 47s and 51s.  He redid a bunch in the 90s to replicate the work he'd done back during the war.

Great stuff.

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4th Fg Noseart
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2004, 05:45:58 PM »
Check out this link YUCCA. It is the best one I have ever found for patches etc.

http://www.usafpatches.com/gallery.shtml
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