If you're talking about AE-B, this scheme with the popeye nose art was carried on that plane just a couple of months before D-Day. It eventually became Johnnie Johnson's mount and was all striped up when he landed at St. Croix sur Mer just a few days after the landing.
The paint on the PRXI looked a little odd if you looked close, seeming to have some silver sparkles in it. Doesn't show up in the pic though.