Best B-29 Bomber Nose Art (And Why Was it Banned?)

[@TJ3]

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[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thanks my friend an sorry i am 3 days late and thanks for the nose art video.... Old sick Shoe🇺🇸

[@TJ3]

Feel better Shoe!! @@steveshoemaker6347

[@geraldofrivia5748]

If I was the commanding officer I would say yes sir I wil get right on that and then just don’t do it.

[@petenielsen6683]

A member of my church was a member of a harmonica band and army air corps artist who painted nose art on planes during WW II. Owen passed away a 3 years ago at age 102.

[@kennethbarrett3902]

I bet you HAD to have some interesting conversations and seen some cool sketches or pictures of his artwork. Of course fellowship hall friendly at the church I’m sure lol it’s insane what those men and women went thru at such young ages, having teenagers and early 20s all as a full bomber crew. Today’s generation would collapse and be overthrown I’m afraid if a war effort of that scale was to happen today,that was not all push button.

[@djangostudios2592]

Owen Hughes? I tried to connect with the family a few years ago because I really wanted to speak with him about a book that I'm writing but I never got a response. :(

[@icosthop9998]

​@djangostudios2592 Well, now you know why.

[@halfblood_drag0n]

102, damn

[@MTAviation123]

102? wow

[@kirkwilson5905]

Wife's grandfather Charles piloted a B-24 "Calamity Jane". They painted a topless woman on before a mission. They returned thankfully. The CO told them to paint a sweater on the woman and they did. We have pics of the crew in front of the plane with and without sweater! Charles survived harrowing events and lived to 92!

[@jimfinlaw4537]

Very nice video. Thanks for sharing. Many B-29 crews were upset about being ordered to removing the nose art on their planes. As for the B-29, my father was a B-29 pilot-in-command in 1945 and he called those original Wright R-3350 engines "wrong engines" and "flame throwers" because they had a nasty tendency to catch on fire during takeoff. The cylinder head temperatures on the early Wright R-3350 Duplex Cyclone engines were redlined at 289 degrees Celsius and on takeoff it was not uncommon for the cylinder temperatures to be reading well above 320 degrees Celsius. My father loved flying the B-29 Superfortress but the engines were horrible. He has logged some three engine time and occasionally two engine time in the B-29. As it turned out, my father and his B-29 crew missed the war in the Pacific by only two weeks. The war with Japan had ended. He continued flying WB-29's and later WB-50's for the Army's and later USAF's Air Weather Service until 1956. He then transitioned to flying Boeing B-52B Stratofortress heavy bombers as a co-pilot for Strategic Air Command when he was stationed at Castle AFB in California. He retired from the service in 1957.

[@spvillano]

Those B-50's flew for 20 years. The BUFF, well it's still flying. They've put in more years of service than me by far, but then, I couldn't get rebuilt like they can. ;)

[@rwarren58]

As a fellow vet, thank you for sharing. 🫡

[@TJIRISH44]

I hope the majority of the crew ignored the order. What if they all refused to fly without the artwork. LOL

[@antoniograncino3506]

The B-50 was essentially a B-29 with bigger engines: The 18-cylinder R-3350's were replaced with the 28-cylinder R- 4360.

[@jimfinlaw4537]

@@antoniograncino3506 The WB-50 also had a stronger airframe and a taller vertical stabilizer and rudder than the B-29's had.

[@lazysob2328]

My uncle was on BATTLIN BETTY III. The crew was shot down over the Sea of Japan in ‘45 in another aircraft while the Betty was being serviced. I have the nose art embroidered on all my ball caps. Ernie Pyle spent some time with the crew and even mentioned them in his book. A GIs Story. Fauad “Smitty”Smith .

[@paharding]

Thank you. My father was a Central Fire Control Gunnery Coordinator on B29s. He spent most of his career as an instructor. It was a great aircraft with chronic engine problems. More B29 crews were killed in the US in training than perished overseas. The ground crews called the B29s flying coffins. My dad flew on one training mission that had engine trouble and barely made it back to base after they threw out everything possible from the aircraft to lighten its load. 20:07

[@angieholmquist2372]

More B-29's were lost to engine failure than to enemy fire. totally ridicules, I understand the pressures of war, but after the war our government still hadn't done anything to rectify this problem resulting in many needlessly lost lives...

[@ptonpc]

@@angieholmquist2372 From what I recall (so double check), the primary cause was eventually traced to the size of the flaps for engine cooling nacelles. They were slightly too large, preventing a clean flow of air through the nacelle.

[@spvillano]

@@angieholmquist2372 during the war, the philosophy was, "quantity has a quality all of its own". After the war, well, the Cold War demanded quantity be retained, while incorporating newer technologies as they came to fruition (not perfected, just sorta, kinda working).

[@WAL_DC-6B]

@@angieholmquist2372 Indeed the engine overheating of the Wright R-3350 was a main issue for the B-29 in WWII. Eventually, the engine was improved to the point where it would be used on many postwar aircraft both military and civilian. These include the commercial Lockheed Constellation series and Douglas DC-7s. Military aircraft that successfully were powered by the 3350 include the Martin Mars flying boat, the Lockheed P2V Neptunes, Fairchild C-119 (Kaiser built versions), and Douglas AD Skyraider. As one former TWA Constellation pilot told me about the 3350, "it was a great engine, but you had to watch the gauges and be careful with throttle settings whereas with the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 (as used on TWA's Martin 202As and 404s), you could "beat the hell" out of that engine and not have to worry a bit!"

[@SOLDIERTeamFort2]

"The B-29 superfortress, the bomber that pounded Japan into submission" 💀💀💀

[@Qtippythunder]

nuclear nut

[@sleep_deprived_stormworker]

@LocalChrysler2 "i can feel the cancer"

[@wahtx7717]

US brought an explosive load

[@sicklybastard_jamal]

Wow I’m only surprised there are only 3 comments

[@SOLDIERTeamFort2]

@@sicklybastard_jamal crazy

[@orangecrush5862]

Imagine telling these brave hero’s that take off on those planes with a good chance of death that they can’t have their pictures on their planes….! Sad!

[@ptonpc]

A misremembered quote I sort of recall goes along the lines of "We expect these young men to kill and be killed, experiencing the worse horrors humanity can bring but we tell them they cannot have pictures of naked women because this is not moral" (Someone will probably know the correct quote)

[@Lets_Go_Brandon2024]

Imagine telling these brave heroes that they're going to fight for and likely die for today's 97+ made up genders, 100% Anti-American, indoctrinated kids, straight up communists, Marxists and Socialists in our government.........

[@phil4826]

It might have been nice if he had chosen a good nose art example that didn't end up lost in the war or afterward. As bad as the accident rate was, the B-29 wartime loss percentage was less than almost all other heavy or medium types. I felt the implied message was: paint naked women on your bomber and ye shall die!

[@treystephens6166]

They can kill hundreds of people but they can’t paint the planes.

[@treystephens6166]

@@ptonpcApocalypse Now! (1979) R

[@LukeKnight-u9x]

This video must have cost a lot of silver lions to make.

[@sawyernordstrom5392]

💀

[@klamar123]

@TJ3 the original art for the first plane, "Teaser" was painted by famous pin-up artist Gil Elvgren. He created it in 1940 when he was working for the Dow Calendar company, and besides calendars, the art was reproduced over years on things like matchbooks, playing cards and notebooks. A color image of this artwork is available on pg 49 of the book "Gil Elvgren" by Taschen books. This artwork was also used for several other fighters and bombers during the war, including a B-24 named "Surprise Attack" (B-24-M 44-50956, 374 BS, 308 BG of the 14th AF) and that original nose art was preserved by the CAF in their collection. I haven't visited the CAF's new airpower museum in Dallas but I believe it is still a part of their gallery. The artwork was also used (usually without the mirror) on planes with names like "Careful Virgin", "Camera Shy" "Lassie, I'm Home" and "innocence a'broad." If you look at a detail of the photo of "Poison Ivy" (as seen in the book "Vintage Aircraft Nose Art" by Gary Valant, pg 182) on the nose wheel door, it reads "Flip Ivey - Crew Chief" and my guess is the plane is named in honor of him. Not sure if there was a reference of original pinup artwork for this one. The name "A-broad with Eleven Yanks" is a reference to the 11 crew members being "abroad" in a foreign land, and the plane herself - she's a "Broad" which was slang for woman in the '40s. The pinup girl is based on a George Petty artwork featured in Esquire magazine. The inspiration for Next Objective came from an Alberto Vargas pinup work for Esquire (Jan '41). The interesting thing about Joker's Wild is that there are additional, later images of an artist on the scaffold in the process of censoring the artwork by painting a 2-pc swimsuit on her. There is a closeup shots of an airman with a brush adding the bottoms to her bikini, with the top already painted on, as well as "after" shots of the less "offensive" nose art, in Valant's book on pg 177. re: censorship... As I have read it (as quoted by Hal Olsen, one of the most prolific pinup nose artists in the Pacific Theater), the order to halt use of pinup art came after Charles Lindbergh toured several Pacific bases as an observer. (He wasn't allowed to serve in the USAAF due to his pre-war Nazi sympathies, so he worked Stateside in the aviation industry, and in that role visited the Pacific, and even took part in combat operations.) After his return to the States, he filed a complaint with the brass, which resulted in the general decree to wipe the slate on pinup girls. (In the ETO, apparently the main request to tone down artwork came from priests with churches located near bases in England. It was acknowledged in some cases but not really broadly exercised by the 8thAF, etc. In the Mid-East a similar ban was ordered, and most crews obliged, however as soon as the planes flew through weather or got rained on, the pinups mysteriously returned. Ends up the cover job was done with water-based paint for easy removal. Rumors that Eleanor Roosevelt was responsible for censoring nose art are untrue, however she WAS responsible for influencing public approval of the Tuskegee Airmen for combat operations in '41, after going up on an hour long hop in a Piper J3 Cub with flight instructor CA Anderson in Alabama.)

[@danconser6709]

Wow, thanks for sharing your knowledge on this topic. I've always found all apsects of Nose Art fascinating.

[@gothamgoon4237]

There is always one person who goes out of their way to destroy other peoples enjoyment and usually that person has absolutely nothing to do with the subject matter. I love cheesecake art. I think it's fantastic.

[@PetesGuide]

@@gothamgoon4237Yes, and that’s probably not the worst thing that Lindbergh did. Lloyd C. Gardner, professor of history emeritus at rutgers, thinks he organized the kidnapping of his sickly son, because eugenics.

[@klamar123]

@@PetesGuide Whoa, that's insane! When I was in 6th grade I did a paper on the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping (it was a "gifted" class and we were studying forensics, and visited the state Crime Lab) so I had to collect all my research using a microfische machine at a local university, pre internet, scrolling through old newspapers. It was gripping front page news, then quietly slipped to the back sections. It was creepy and disturbing but now that adds a whole new level of horror to it.

[@entropybentwhistle]

⁠@@PetesGuideA lot of things about Lindbergh people did Nazi coming.

[@Ibuki01]

Had a grand-uncle in B-24s in the South West Pacific; from what he said; the nose art issue was Elenore Roosevelt visiting Bomber bases, and getting all scandalized, then going and crying to FDR.

[@klamar123]

In reality, it was a tour of the Pacific by Charles Lindbergh that ultimately created the censorship order for the PTO. Even though he was a disgraced Nazi sympathizer, anti-semite and open racist, he still managed to have good Christian "morals".

[@WorldTravelA320]

Usually the rules were, that during VIP visits to front line bases, the birds with the naughtiest nose art were sent on missions. This was common in the European Theater, or the aircraft were ferried to an auxiliary base until the VIP left. All in all it usually depended on the base commander. With the 8th Air Force, a lot of commanders knew they were launching their men into meat grinders, so the restrictions were lax, except during VIP visits at which (as stated above) the aircraft with the naughtiest nose art were sent on missions or to divert fields until the visitor left.

[@paulmazan4909]

My favorite Nose Art is Waddy's Wagon. A B-29 with nose art depicting the crew in the positions they occupied in the aircraft riding in a wagon. There is a picture in the book"Vintage Aircraft Nose Art" by Gary Valant on page 180. This picture shows the crew in a wagon in front of the nose art. The aircraft was B-29 42-24598. The aircraft and crew were lost returning from a raid on Tokyo on Jan 9, 1945. The photo personalized the loss to me. Here was a crew of young men bonded by fate and as a crew. Perhaps it will affect you in the same way and you can use your resources to fill in more of the story.

[@raymondyee2008]

Omg this reminds me of the B-29 nose art I saw in books; it really brings out the creativity from some USAAF crews.

[@matfhju]

I think nose art shuld see a return. Hell putt simular graphiks on shipps and ground vehicles too

[@WorldTravelA320]

It still exists just in muted colors

[@AA-ke5cu]

Agree 100percent "killroy was here"😮

[@jvleasure]

And the fact that the Japanese buried them with such honors is really, really wild. Wow.

[@analystanalyst7652]

Because they had lost the war, and they did this in order ‘to save face’. Up until the end of the war Hirohito considered allied prisoners as dead. The Jap chrysanthemum becomes a complicated flower as you peal back the many layered petals. Read The Fallen, about a B-29 crew who the Japs experimented on before killing them and eating their livers at a prestigious hospital on the main island of Honshu. They were convicted and sentenced to life and then released in the name of Japanese/American relations.

[@SdjdidjeuDidjdjdkkd]

And then nukes were dropped to vaporize people so unceremoniously

[@jacksonueland]

Seriously, that was the most surprising fact to me! Japan continues to exude respect, no matter the circumstances

[@jvleasure]

@jacksonueland i really dig japanese culture overall, but i wouldn't go that far for WWII japan. Allied pows that were tortured, mutilated, had their genitals cut off, and THOUSANDS of "comfort women" would wholeheartedly disgree with you, among many, many others.

[@Parcival157]

@@jvleasure hospital raids :/

[@tramlink8544]

my all time favourite noseart was from my great uncles time in Iwo Jima 1945 on a P51D. it simply had in large letters written on the side of the cowling: ''Is This Trip Necessary?'

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

That’s pretty good, that’s like Lafayette Pool’s tank being named “In The Mood”

[@Sacto1654]

If I remember correctly, a number of B-29's were lost due to an unusual electrical fault that could cause the plane to literally explode. I believe that problem with fixed with the post-war B-50 model.

[@icaleinns6233]

You need to look into the slang of the time. Poison Ivy was a slang term back in the day for an STD. Gawd those guys had cajunes! They came up with some of the best slang/acronyms that are still in use today: FUBAR, PITA, BOHICA, etc. You could get an entire episode out of that, even. May take some creative editing, but hey, that's what you do! 😂

[@bigbaddms]

what about SNAFU? That's the most famous one... they even had Private Snafu comics

[@johngaither9263]

I asked my dad about the nose art on his B-29. He said he couldn't remember it which meant it was risqué in some way or another. Dad was a notorious prude so his feigned ignorance was a give away about the truth. Dad took a big dislike to the Army Air Corps and the US government because of the poor preparation of the B-29 for combat. He wasn't the least bit shy about saying the airplane came much closer to killing him than the Japanese ever did. Only the skill and experience of the AC saved the plane and crew on two occasions.

[@briancooper2112]

As a kid Poison Ivy was my favorite!

[@TJ3]

Awesome!

[@PhelippeMitsu98]

Just out of curiosity is this poison Ivey derived of the BATMAN comics villain or vice versa? Thanks

[@ianbray5946]

TJ. Your videos are incredible mate. The nose art must never be forgotten. It does great honour to the memory of those brave flight crews and the ground staff as well. Thank you

[@Lets_Go_Brandon2024]

I remember finding a bunch of those old signal/squadron publication books on WW2 airplanes, got in a bit of trouble at elementary school in the 80s with them because of the nose art 😂😂

[@jamescherney5874]

Those 3350 engines were extremely complicated and it took a good flight engineer to properly manage the operation of those engines.

[@BJPalmerDC]

Col. Robert A Ping was an absolute stud and an artillery master. He was allergic to BS and got the job done with whatever he had.

[@anvil5356]

A-Broad with Eleven Yanks was probably called that because it had a 11 man crew (possibly all from the North), rather than the 12 "The 11 crew from the US and one who may an imigrant," that you suggest @10:32 especially as there is a photograph of this plane with an 11 man crew infront of the nose art, which I found in 10minutes of googleing

[@Spitfiresammons]

The ground crew artist did amazing job on famous nose arts on b-29s great video TJ3. Please do the B-29 Nose arts during the Korean War.

[@georgewilliamssr5230]

My father-in-law was a crew chief for a B-29 . He had Marylin Monroe on his plane. But it switched to night ops and they black painted over her.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

When was this?

[@georgewilliamssr5230]

@@chuckschillingvideos Korean War out of Okinawa.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

@@georgewilliamssr5230 I asked because Marilyn Monroe wasn't well known until well after WWII. And I hadn't really heard of B-29s being painted black in WWII. Thank you for sharing.

[@georgewilliamssr5230]

@@chuckschillingvideos I only have 1 picture of his plane after it got blacked out. Going to try to build a scale model of it. But it’s going to be tough not having any more references. There was a H on the tail of that helps identifying its squadron.

[@robertheinkel6225]

Bummer

[@thomaswoodman6332]

A great video, although this nose art is incredibly interesting but my favourite nose art is Lancaster PA484 'Mickey the moocher' but the B29 compliments nose art so well.

[@DecanFrost]

Holy smokes, the production quality of this youtube video is TV show worthy. If only every other channel had this much quality content...

[@01ZO6TT]

Another great video TJ! Great story on the nose art, it’s good to learn more about these famous planes and what happened to them and their crews. Thanks for the hard work.

[@robertheinkel6225]

During desert storm, the majority of the nose art on our KC-135 aircraft had to be removed. Two nose arts survived. One, the Southern Belle, was a picture of a lady dressed in a dress that covers her from ankles to wrist, to a high neck. Another, Night walker, was a nighttime picture, of a silhouette of lady standing under a street light. No skin was visible, but it showed all her assets. The Saudi men always had to touch the art when they saw it.

[@shorttimer874]

Dad was a camera man with the B29s in the Pacific, flying with the crews enough to earn an Air Medal. Came back with a stack of snap shots, my sister has them now, of the islands, the natives, an aerial shot of the Tokyo racetrack surrounded by the wreck of the city, plus nose art like the Tokyo Rose, Thumper, and the improbably named There Will Always Be A Christmas. A story he told me from that time was the tradition that the crewman who used the bucket that served as a toilet first had to empty and clean it, so when someone finally gave in everyone else on the plane would rush to be next.

[@Gravelgratious]

Just beautiful planes.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Yep, and every beautiful plane needs a beautiful woman painted on it or named after one.

[@vernonfindlay1314]

Another video i watched few times named several planes by their nose art with their demise. Great video bud,thanks.

[@davidstarsky6435]

These nose art is incredible.

[@scotanderson6857]

My dad was a captain flying from sipan, his crew didnt want nose art because they thought it was bad luck, none of the painted planes seemed to come back...

[@edutaimentcartoys]

8:02 The painting of the woman indicates that the plane can see enemies from the front and behind, which means the plane is anti-attack from behind

[@richardjohnson9275]

Great informative video!! Except " Next Objective" of the 509th composite group had only tail guns. All the turrets were deleted from all Silverplate B-29s. Again, excellent video!!

[@jacqueschouette7474]

Nose art was removed because of a general who was more concerned with being a politician than being a general who was looking out for the moral of the troops. That is true then and true today. As for the B-29 engine problems, there was a design flaw in the cowling. When the Soviet Union copied the design from B-29s that had to land in Russia due to battle damage, they found the flaw and fixed it. That's why the B-29 had so many engine problems. I think that the B-50 finally fixed the problem.

[@c.j.cleveland7475]

The pictures of some of the sexier nose art offended the morality of some of the women's groups in the states. They thought it was corrupting the minds of the younger servicemen. Never mind that these guys were going out every day and killing their fellow man. That was OK just as long as there was no sex of any kind involved. 🤷‍♂

[@skyhawk1686]

My grandfather was a bombardier on a B-29 from the 497th Group, B-29, 42-65246, A Square 52 "Irish Lassie". On January 27, 1945, they were rammed by two Japanese fighters over Hamamatsu. Surprisingly, they made it all the way back to Saipan.

[@TJ3]

Very cool!

[@zWhistler]

Thank You for this video. Because of you these brave aircrew, and the aircraft they flew, are not forgotten.

[@The1trueJester]

Another excellent video as always TJ. I Appreciate the hard work that goes into making these. Stay awesome

[@TJ3]

Thanks for watching!

[@dreadlordken3824]

"Antoinette" is my favorite B29 nose art. I even tried to recreate it on a model as a kid

[@redscoutstudios769]

My grandfather was a b-17 reconnisance gunner/photographer (gun windows on tail) during the later quarter of the pacific american campaign, his plane was called the "Strawberry Lass", it was delivered to the crew at post the day before its first mission. Since it was considered bad luck by them to fly with "no paint", a crew member stole a picture of the pilot's wife sunbathing at the beach, a redheaded irish woman, and the crew painted her on top of a bomb for the nose art that night. Their pilot was not very enthused finding it the next morning right before the mission, but liked it and kept it till the order to remove it came and they painted over her but left the name.

[@genearbogast7525]

My father was a B29 pilot. He did not perform any bombing missions on Japan. He did however, fly B29's from California to Hawaii and then to Tinian or Guam. He and his crew then returned B29's to the US for "Operation Sunset". Dangerous business for sure

[@jasonarcher7268]

The air museum at oshkosh had a very cool display of b-17 nose art. They had the actual pieces of fuselage, and it was pretty neat.

[@HootOwl513]

First class segment. I appreciate the level of research

[@JUNKERS488]

AWESOME I wish all Documentaries were done as well as these. Plus, the individual men and stories are great. I'm happy to report that I have Details about things I never knew before. It is so Cool to learn something new or hear a story I never heard before. TJ You know how much I love W.W.2 history so its always such a treat to find out something new or at least new to me. I love the research you do always going Above and Beyond. Please Keep 'Em Flyin

[@kennethbarrett3902]

LONG COMMENT WARNING It’s the little things in life, like when you really look forward to something upcoming…used to it was me looking forward to what “atmosphere I wouldn’t remember two days later when I morphed back into an up right human instead of a horizontal one“ but now no get HYPED when I get the notification you dropped a new video! I thing this is the 4th or 5th time I’ve watched this one because I go back And focus on different things and one is it the marvel at the talent you have animating things. Keep it up my 3 and 5 year old kids watch these “cool old airplane videos” with daddy it’s simple but it’s something enjoyable and educational that we enjoy together, my wife just calls us nerds and says I’m on history homework and projects duty for life with no chance of parole. lol keep it up and thanks for the awesome content, I also got my dad who is 57 on your videos and yarnhub and infographics show but your channel is my favorite personally.

[@apatheticempathy]

Thank you , Thank you for ALL the lost souls who otherwise would be lost or forgotten !

[@williamromine5715]

Considering that the B29 project was the most expensive in the war, even more than the atomic bomb, it is surprising that its engines just weren't up to the task. I bet the crews of The Enola Gay and Box Car were holding their breathes when they were taking off for their war ending missions.

[@platypus5560]

The Yokohama yo-yo one is actually kinda funny

[@lazarmin6763]

I love the wt gameplay in the background

[@analystanalyst7652]

A childhood buddy’s father went into the water twice in the Pacific while pilot in command of a B-29. He still had his oil-stained flight suit in his closet in the early 60’s. I had always heard that it was a general’s wife who had made such a stink in Washington about the nose art, after an example appeared in a local paper, that those directives went out. It wasn’t Eleanor Roosevelt, although that makes a better story.

[@WorldTravelA320]

I always believed that it was due to the fact that Japan was on the ropes by 44/45 and the odds of aircraft returning stateside were greater than say the B-17 and 24 crews in Europe in 42/43. Those base commanders really didn't care, and if VIP's were coming by, they would send the planes with the naughtiest nose art on missions or sent them to alternate fields

[@xfirehurican]

AMAZING accounts of these B-29s! Tks for all of your hard work on your channel. BRAVO ZULU!

[@TJ3]

Thanks a lot!

[@dieseljester]

When I was living in Arizona, I'd heard a story about a nose art preservation group had asked Davis-Monthon AFB for permission to go into the boneyard to get nose art off of some of the old bombers that were being stored there. They'd gotten said permission, under the understanding that they were going to just copy the art for preservation. Instead, the group had supposedly CUT the hull of the aircraft to keep the art completely intact, completely ruining the aircraft that they came off of as those aircraft now had zero possibility of being reactivated if need be and so had to be scrapped. I have no idea where the nose art went to nor do I know the validity of the story. I still found it interesting nevertheless.

[@WorldTravelA320]

I remember a similar story, but the B-52's they did that too had all been retired and were slated for the scrapper anyway

[@tsuaririndoku]

It’s not like we didn’t keep the tradition of painting military aircraft with art. Even Modern day we still doing it. Japan is a great example of it.

[@merafirewing6591]

I just hope the navy, army and the chair force this time allow it to make a comeback and let it stay for once.

[@robertk.5195]

I made nose art on several B-57s in Vietnam.

[@ricardokowalski1579]

The CAF used to have a nose art museum in Midland. I was lucky enough to see it.

[@samsignorelli]

The further from home, the more risque the art got.

[@roberts1938]

Fascinating stories! It's clear that you put a lot of work and passion into searching for data and presenting this story in film. Thanks!

[@TJ3]

Thanks for watching!

[@chrisloomis1489]

My Dad flew on those . He still had his Lost At Sea kit , plastic box the size of a cigarette pack , that had waxy sealing tape. I loved to open it , and look at the string and fish hooks , and there were other contents .. I was 7 years old then. I still keep my Dad's Olive Green uniform , and the shirt / pants.

[@philgiglio7922]

I use 1 of my dad's dog tags as an earring

[@alanlopez3573]

Great and wonderful dedicated work, thank you from Panama.🇵🇦

[@bicivelo]

What an amazing well researched video. Wow. It really brings these planes/artwork back to life especially the crews! Well done. Liked and subscribed. Thank you. 😊

[@mrs6968]

Be real cool if Ken burns did a documentary on the entire history of nose art from the very beginning the first ever appeared

[@ibluap]

I want to thank you sincerely for the quality of your research and the thorough respect you profess for the crews and the machines. I don't know if you have received prizes for your beautiful task, however there are two KZbin Aerohistorians I want to highlight: Showtime 112 and TJ3. Thanks and congratulations. You are both awsome!

[@Glen_lastname]

The only aircraft that shouldn't have nose art are the stealth ones and at the end of the day if you can toss a balloon decal on an F-22 then at least a silhouette should be doable.

[@RangerChris61]

Fantastic video, it is truly sad that so much of this history has been lost to time.

[@jellyfishbones0]

I have a different interpretation of 10:32 A-Broad with 11 yanks means the aeroplane is a woman with the crew. "Broad" is slang from that era meaning a woman. it is also a play on words, meaning abroad with 11 yanks, meaning the crew are overseas. I do not think it has anything to do with an immigrant.

[@stephenritz5581]

The movie “Abroad with Two Yanks” came out in 1944. Since the B-29 had a crew of 11, I’ve always thought the name was a play on the movie’s title.

[@jellyfishbones0]

@@stephenritz5581 nice, who do you think the broad is from the bombers crews perspective ?

[@stephenritz5581]

@@jellyfishbones0 Well the “broad” in the movie was the actress Helen Walker, but to make the nose art work - the “broad” must be the plane. Many of the planes were referred to as “her” and given women’s names, right?

[@jellyfishbones0]

@@stephenritz5581 Yes right, I agree, that is what I was trying to say, there are two meanings (both made intentionally by the artist). One meaning is "broad", as you say, the broad is the plane. The other meaning is "abroad".

[@jvleasure]

So according to Hap Arnold, the B17 and B24 were for the streets. Nice.

[@StudleyDuderight]

The light infantry company my mortar section was attached to painted pin-ups inside our JLTVs. RIP Bouncing Betty, IED strike in Afghanistan Betty was a blonde bombshell painted in the reverse cowgirl pose. She was my truck. The IED sheered off the engine bay, no casualties.

[@benreifhardt4471]

I have a feeling this video will get demonetized and edited. Watching it immediately.

[@TJ3]

Lol

[@soulesslemming]

There’s a liberator at the WW2 aviation museum in Pueblo Colorado that was actually the first to complete the required missions but it wasn’t publicized because of it’s “lewd” nose art and instead the war department ran with the story of the Memphis belle.

[@WorldTravelA320]

Um, that was "Hot Stuff" that crashed in Iceland during the return flight to the US. And there is no 24 in Pueblo, just the memorial The first 17 to complete the vaunted 25 was "Hell's Angels" But you have to figure, the censors wouldn't allow the name "Hell" in print

[@soulesslemming]

@@WorldTravelA320 there’s the ww2 aircraft museum and they have a 24 with a plaque that explains it all. I’ll believe the museum and the information they provide .

[@crystalheart9]

Not only fantastic art but how did they lay out that lettering, it looks so perfect. Thanks for this video, I enjoyed seeing the art and hearing the story behind it.

[@jimwiskus8862]

Very fascinating! Thank you so much for your tenacious work. I know the descendants of this hero’s appreciate all the effort in completing the stories of their lost family members.

[@rafalganowicz1939]

@TJ3 You never fail to amaze me with the work that you do!!

[@preban336]

Thank you for these wonderful historic WWII videos!

[@born2fly1948]

Great work, you have my total admiration, thank you!

[@12345678971926]

FYI, the US Army has just recently authorize tanker cruise to pick pinups on there tanks officially to the end of 2025

[@12345678971926]

I think we should allow pilots to bring that back because that’s a good morale boost

[@tundralou]

I have a big book of nose art-

[@bill5982]

You should cover B-29s from the Korean War as well.

[@TheGrobe]

That’s almost like telling an 18-year-old kid he is old enough to be forced to take a bullet for his country, but he is not yet old enough to drink alcohol.

[@MrRobster1234]

I have seen "Teaser's" artwork on another B-29. I'll have to search my nose art books to find it.

[@renown16]

Surprising, this video isn’t demonetised.

[@dyolf1000]

My grandfather was an enlisted crew member on Forbidden Fruit.

[@kevinfrerichs8589]

Thanks for a great video, I have always loved the B29 one of my favorite bomber.

[@littleferrhis]

“Then kept in a personal scrapbook never to be seen again for 50 years”. I think they may have pulled out those scrapbooks more than a few times for “personal reminiscing”.

[@jasonmitchell9242]

Why not “Waddy’s Wagon?” The nose art on this B-29 was extremely unique.

[@BryanPowellz]

You do such a amazing job with your videos I look forward to seeing your content when it comes out 😊

[@EdgarvianVelez-sq9cr]

The B-29 art thumbnail☠️💀

[@terryroths4254]

Awesome work ! Great video.

[@TJ3]

Thank you!

[@Nipplator99999999999]

Not sure which is more heart breaking, the orders that destroyed these beautiful aircraft, or their fates.

[@boxing388]

The fact that these planes would rain hell fire down onto cities and villages, built for the singular purpose for destruction, but the crew can’t have a naked lady on the nose because it is “profane”. What absurdity. These machines, as necessary as they are, are themselves profanity.

[@zillsburyy1]

THE AMERICAN WAY is a good B-29 movie

[@tkac1891]

The B29 main problem was the engine Collings system if you open it fully during flight it would bring the aircraft to a borderline stand still and if not fully opened the engines over heat

[@michaelpcoffee]

"They wouldn't let them put the word 'fuck' on their war planes; because, they said, it was obscene....". Col. Kurtz.

[@Richard-e5m]

One of FDR's minions was touring 8th AF bases and remarked after seeing some of the risque nose art, "that would offend the Germans." I doubt anyone that mattered was worried about offending the Germans.

[@icalexander]

Great video. I wil say it shows the true Japanese spirit of honour in the case of teaser that they would protect the graves and erect a cross honouring fellow warriors who have fallen.

[@magnificus8581]

Impressive graphics. These are beautiful!