During World War II, aircraft nose art was more than decoration - it was identity, morale, and memory. Each painted plane carried stories of courage, humor, and heartbreak. In this episode, we revisit ...

The Art of Aircraft Engineering in WWII” on display at the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (Read the story of how Ken Jungeberg discovered and saved the drawings HERE, and our last ...

Whether pilots and crews drew pinups or painted sharks on their military aircraft, something was often painted to personalize WW2 planes. In Germany, things regarding nose art were different from ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

The plane, a U.S. Navy Douglas R4D-6S Skytrain dubbed "Ready 4 Duty" with the vintage nose art of a pink bikini-clad ... to events commemorating the end of WWII in Great Britain, the Netherlands ...