Reference Thread - 352nd FG ("The Blue Nose Bastards of Bodney")

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That's a bargain even for 1950's prices! Note though, it wasn't the actual 'Petie 2nd', but a former 12th Air Force machine, painted to represent 'Petie'.
 
Use Photoshop or the more simple MS Paint to resize the photo. (In MS Paint it is Stretch and Skew)

Great photo BTW!

Not necessarily photos, but Troy White (My favorite aviation artist) painted a lot of the Bluenosers birds on his website.

Bluenosers

Awesome paintings no doubt about it.

EDIT:

Here are a couple of Bluenoser shots I just found.

Photos are from Littlefriends gallery of the 352nd FG and the sources of the photos are cited there.











And photos of George Preddy's Cripes a' Mighty.

















Here is an interesting one, 487th bird with Shark Mouth noseart flown by Major John Bennett.





Personally I like the closeup on Preddy's Cripes a' Mighty. Awesome photo.

-Arlo
 
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hey baldp welcome aboard it was a pleasure to interview your Father by letter a couple years ago. am a friend of the 352nd fg by the way.

Pong just so we do not break copyright laws please cite your source(s) for the photos.
 
Im not sure if it is just the photograph, but the one P-51B/C that has the invasion stripes . It looks like the plane is olive drab and has the blue nose? Tail # 36707 ? Two photographs above the one with the sharkmouth.
 
I went to the website linked. Indeed, blue nosers with olive drab paint. Love it !
 

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Capt. Sanford K Moats, 487th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-14848 HO-K "Kay II".

The reason I was taking all the pilots and pictures of their planes was to keep them organized
 

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F/O Charles E Cole. 487th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-11330 HO-J "Joanie"
 

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Lt. Eugene W James. 328th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-14207 PE-E"Rose Marie" (L) "The Kelly Kid 2" (R).
 

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MikeGazdik said:
Im not sure if it is just the photograph, but the one P-51B/C that has the invasion stripes . It looks like the plane is olive drab and has the blue nose? Tail # 36707 ? Two photographs above the one with the sharkmouth.
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Your correct. Some of the earlier planes were painted OD

Lt. Francis J McCarthy. 328th Fighter Squadron. P-51D 44-63179 PE-B "Chub A Luk".

His crew was L-R SGT. Kiltie and S/SGT. Arthur C Snyder
 

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