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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: earl1937 on March 31, 2016, 06:50:57 AM
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:airplane: Ok, some great pic's in WW2 war aircraft photo's, but less discuss one point which may not be common knowledge!
Why was nose art and comments and names allowed by the armed services during WW2 and when was it stopped?
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:airplane: Ok, some great pic's in WW2 war aircraft photo's, but less discuss one point which may not be common knowledge!
Why was nose art and comments and names allowed by the armed services during WW2 and when was it stopped?
Morale. Whenever a general was in the doghouse.
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Not sure about the USAAF but I know it wasn't allowed in the USN except for in a few squadrons.
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Not sure about the USAAF but I know it wasn't allowed in the USN except for in a few squadrons.
Morale, on occasion. Whenever a Admiral caught the clap (likely more often than a General was in the doghouse).
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Morale, on occasion. Whenever a Admiral caught the clap (likely more often than a General was in the doghouse).
:airplane: If I recall correctly, Curtis E. Lamay and Jimmy Doolittle had both encouraged the "big wigs" to allow this as it served two purpose's:
1 It was a morale booster for ground crews!
2 It was morale booster for the "folks" back in the states, especially the aircraft manufactures...some aircraft left the factory with a nose art already painted on the nose and the ground crews would put a "quote" on the aircraft when it reached the field of use!