Some Pictures of 381st Bomb Group Nose Art



Happy Bottom 42-102664 naming ceremony with Edward G Robinson.
533 Bomb Squadron: Lost July 16 1944:
Ditched in North Sea: Target - Munich: Crew Safe


Yankee Rebel 42-32049: 534th Bomb Squadron:
Lost August 3 1944: Target - Mulhouse: 9 Killed


Smashing Time 43-38158: 534th Bomb Squadron:
Salvaged January 21 1945: Target - Aschaffenburg


Lucky Strike 42-29923: 532nd Bomb Squadron:
Salvaged January 4 1944: Target - Romilly


Hell's Angel 42-29978: 534th Bomb Squadron:
Lost August 17 1943: Target - Schweinfurt: 10 POW


Big Time Operator II 42-29570: 532nd Bomb Squadron:
Returned to USA


Feather Merchant 42-30009: 532nd Bomb Squadron:
Lost October 8 1943: Target - Bremen: 2 Killed 8 POW
Georgia Rebel II 42-38061: 535th Bomb Squadron:
Lost April 28 1944: Target - Avord, France: 7 Killed 3 POW


Peggy D 41-9043: 534th Bomb Squadron:
Returned to USA


Spam Can 42-31878: 535th Bomb Squadron:
Lost May 24 1944: Target - Berlin: 6 Killed 4 POW


Superstitious Aloysius 42-37933: 535th Bomb Squadron:
Salvaged March 28 1944: Target - Rheims


Tenabove 42-31099: 532nd Bomb Squadron:
Lost February 11 1944: Target - Ludwigshafen: 7 Escaped 3 POW


Stuff 42-29751: 534th Bomb Squadron:
Lost March 31 1944: Crash Landing on Test Flight: 6 Killed


Four Aces / Pat Hand 42-31111: 535th Bomb Squadron:
Lost December 1 1943: Target - Leverkusen: 7 Killed 3 POW