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THROUGH THE FLAK, FOG & FLAME
Through The Flak, Fog and Flame9798549767973book.php?book=8&booktitle=through-the-flak-fog-and-flame
TALES TO NOSES
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
OVER BERLIN Tales To Noses Over Berlin1 898575 02 9book.php?book=2&booktitle=tales-to-noses-over-berlin
MERSEBURG:
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
BLOOD, FLAK & OIL Merseburg: Blood, Flak and Oil978-1-898575-04-7book.php?book=3&booktitle=merseburg-blood-flak-and-oil
PLANE NAMES &
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
BLOODY NOSES - 100BG(H) Plane Names And Bloody Noses1 898575 01 0book.php?book=4&booktitle=plane-names-and-bloody-noses-100th-bomb-group
THE FLIGHT OF EAGLES:
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
USAAF Evasion In Occupied Europe during December 1943 The Flight Of Eaglesbook.php?book=5&booktitle=the-flight-of-eagles-usaaf-evasion-in-occupied-europe
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Luscious Lace
B-24 44-4....
B-24 44-4....
7th Bomb Group, 493rd Bomb Squadron
Nose art painted by
Vernon DRAKE
7th Bomb Group
Vernon DRAKE
7th Bomb Group
Basing his image on that created originally by Milton Canif's character in the popular cartoon strip Male Call, Drake painted a stunning version of Miss Lace on this B24.
The image was a favoured one for nose art but Drake's subtle use of toning, no doubt using his meagre supply of artists' oil paint given to him by his wife, is one of the finest examples.
Again, this was one piece of work on which he enlisted the help of a fellow officer. Unfortunately, the extra name in the signature block beside the right foot is not legibly on available photographs. (If anyone has a better print of this image and can identify the full signature block I would love to learn of it.)