1st fighter group patchP-38................1st Fighter Group WW2 P-38 Nose Art Collection, Pg4............

Army Air Force noseart photo pictures pics fotos , P38 Lightning , crew, WWII , World War Two 1st Fighter Group , 1 FG, 27 FS, 27FS , 71st 71,

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Nose Art Pg3

Nose Art Pg4
Huber & P38 Baby Dean WW2 nose art

Capt Richard M. Huber's P-38 with his wife's nickname, "Baby Dean," adorned also with the name "Catherine," and on the other side, "Col Klunk," 27th FS, at Foggia, Italy 1944
Courtesy Ben Huber

p38 nose art sweet pea ww2

P-38 "Sweet Pea" with pilot, crew chief and 4 victory credits

P38 Jean nose art

P-38 "Pride of Billings, Jean" with crew chief John Michunovich (who later became Mayor of Billings, Montana)

P38 nose art Bat Out of Hell

Early model P38 #7525, "Bat out of Hell" at Biggs Field, El Paso, TX

WW2 P38 nose art

Lt Osgood(?), 94 FS, with P-38 named "Co-Pilot"

P38 Pitter Pat nose art

94 FS pilot, Lt William Jacobsen with "Pitter Pat"

P38 Hagenback

Lt James J. Hagenback with early model P-38, "Bat out of Hell"

Maribelle LtCol Stratton

Lt Col Stratton with P-38 "Maribelle," credited with 1 victory. Unsure if this is a 1st Fighter Group pilot...

P38 nose art lil margaret

P-38 "Lil' Margaret" with unknown pilot

sweet sue p38 art

27 FS P38 "Sweet Sue," likely a later model P-38 replacing one of the same name, with unknown crew chief

p38 & pilots sweet sue

27 FS pilots (L - Lt Francis "Zoot" Maron [1-0-1], R- Lt Tom Raphael [2-1-0], later 27th CO) with Irv Styer's P-38 "Sweet Sue," credited with 2 victories

aileen ww2 p38

P-38 "Aileen" with unkown pilot

P38 nose art carol anne ww2

P-38 "Carol Anne"

P-38 Barfly

1st Lt Donald D. Kienholz, 94th Fighter Squadron ace with 6 victories, and his P-38 adorned with "Nasa Serbcka Sloboda" (Serbian for 'our Liberian Freedom,' by assistant crew chief John Michunovich) and "Billie Joe" - Lt Keinholz's wife's name (photo courtesy Del L. Kienholz)

P-38 barfly Kienholz

1st Lt Donald D. Kienholz, 94th FS, with P-38 P-38G-10, S/N 42-13460 (tail code UN-9), a.k.a. "Bar Fly" -- assistant crew chief was John Michunovich. Names on the P-38's nose were "Nasa Serbcka Sloboda" and "Billie Joe." The aircraft, piloted by Flight Officer Cyril Nolen, was shot down on 21 Apr 1944 off the Italian coast (photo and details courtesy Del L. Kienholz)

Audry P-38 nose art

1 FG P-38 "Little Audry"

P-38 Ding How nose art

P-38 "Ding How" undergoes engine maintenence

Perryman P38 nose art

Self-portrait of the talented nose art specialist Warren Perryman of the 27th FS