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The Most Famous WWII Nose Art
Behind every painted fuselage is a story about love, loss, talent, and the industrial destruction of art that was never meant to survive.
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The Stories Behind WWII’s Most Famous Nose Art
Nobody told these stories. The mechanic who painted the Memphis Belle and spent the rest of his life in a warehouse. The RISD-trained muralist whose masterpiece was scrapped for two thousand dollars. The junkyard manager who sent his workers with axes to save pin-up girls from the smelter. Narrative nonfiction by Christopher Scott Lannon.