Nose art
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Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of an aircraft, usually on the front fuselage.
'Honey Bunny', a Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Virgin Atlantic A340-600 G-VGAS nose art. This particular nose art is used across Virgin Atlantic's fleet, and is officially named the Flying Lady.
Francesco Baracca and his SPAD S.VII, with the cavallino rampante that inspired the Ferrari emblem
Eddie Rickenbacker with SPAD XIII (note the "Hat in the Ring" 94th Aero Squadron insignia), France, 1918
834th Bombardment Squadron
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The 834th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Army Air Forces unit. It trained as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator unit, and deployed with its planes to the European Theater of Operations, entering combat in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany on 7 May 1944. In July 1944, the squadron converted to Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, continuing combat with the 486th Bombardment Group until April 1945. Following V-E Day it returned to Drew Field, Florida, where it was inactivated on 7 November 1945.
486th Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortresses
486th Bombardment Group B-24s