This painting by Joe Origlio was of Miss October 1944 from an Esquire Magazine calendar, painted by the artist Alberto Vargas. This same image was used by several other nose art painters during the War. The original image in the calendar was drawn on a blank background. As with many of his other nose art paintings Joe Origlio added a South Pacific theme to the setting. The model is posed here on a beach with a coconut tree, not unlike the beach near the seaside airfield on Morotai Island which was the base for the 307th Bomb Group from October 1944 until September 1945.

The tail fins spray painted with the Long Rangers logo for the 307th Bombardment Group and the squadron colours were probably also painted by squadron painter Joe Origlio.

Known Mission List

Date	Pilot	Target	Notes
26 Oct 1944	Dodd / Feist	Task force strike
8 Nov 1944	Franklin / Poggi	Alicante AD, Negros	R/E (NS) - could not find group
12 Nov 1944	McLaughlin / Nickerson	Alicante AD, Negros
14 Nov 1944	Blauvelt / Scott	Langoan AD, Negros
18 Nov 1944	Blauvelt / D J Scott	Tarakan Island
19 Nov 1944	Poggi / Russell	Alicante AD, Negros
22 Nov 1944	Baluvelt / D J Scott	Bacolod AD, Negros
29 Nov 1944	Franklin / Burrin	Puerto Princesss AD, Palawan	Camera a/c
2 Dec 1944	Nowak / Hickman	Dumaguete Af
21 Dec 1944	Bowles / French	Fabrica RR
8 Jun 1945	Key / Conklin	Balipapan
11 Jun 1945	Key / Conklin	Tarakan Island
18 Jun 1945	Britt / F/o Gardner	Balikpapan
1 Aug 1945	Heritage / Diehl	Makassar, Celebes

 

© Ray Bowden 26 June 2022