B29 NOSE ART

"CITY OF........"

More than 120 Superfortress B29s of 20th Air Force's 314th Bomb Wing

were officially named with title beginning "City of ...."

To date we have been able to locate very few photos showing these titles.
If you have any pictures or information on any of these aircraft or their crews,
or can offer any information about them
regarding their crews, missions or fate, please share with me.
For more information about the 330th Bomb Group in general visit their web site at 330th Bomb Group -- and my sincere thanks to Smisek for sharing so much of his data with me for this page.
For more information about the 39th Bomb Group in general visit their web site at 39th Bomb Group

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Name	Serial #	Group / Sqn
City of ABERDEEN	42-93961	330 / 459 -K-60
City of AKRON Also "Lady Jane"	42-65363	330 / 459-K-56
City of ALBUQUERQUE Also "Piledriver"	44-69796	39 / 61
City of ALLENDALE	44-69981	39/
City of ALLENTOWN Photo credit: Paul Ruch	44-69(8)86	39/
City of ARCADIA Photo credit : Trisha Young	42-93925	29 /
City of ATHENS	42-94044	39 / 62
City of ATLANTA Photo credit: John Dickerson	44-69788	????
City of ATTLEBORO	44-87642	39 / 62
City of AURORA Also "The Caboose"	44-69870	39 / 61
City of AUSTIN Also "The Black Sheep"	44-69681	19 / 28 39/61
City of BAKERSFIELD Photo credit: John Dickerson	44-69680	19/28
City of BARTLESVILLE	???	29/
City of BATTLE CREEK Photo credit: Bob Mann	?????	19 /
City of BEDFORD Also "Shillelagh"	42-93935	330 / 457-K-10
City of BEL AIR Also "Round Robin"	42-63539	330 / 458-K-42 & 67
City of BEAUMONT	???	39 /
City of BERKELEY Photo credit: Bob DeChene (who also chose the name) Also "Je Reviens"	44-69928(?) 44-70101(?)	330 / 457-K-11
City of BEVERLY HILLS	???	314BW
City of BINGHAMTON	???	39 / 61
City of BIRMINGHAM Also "Ole Boomerang"	44-69790	330 / 458-K-27
City of BOISE Photo credit: Bob Mann	?????	19 /
City of BOSTON Photo credit: Bob Mann	44-69685	19 / 28
City of BOULDER	44-69763	39/60
City of BROOKLYN	?????	19 /
City of BROOKVILLE	?????	19 /
City of BUFFALO Photo credit: Bob Mann	44-69856	19 / 93
City of BURBANK Also "Soldier's Home"	44-69766	330 / 459-K-57
City of BURLINGTON	42-65304	19 /
City of CEDAR RAPIDS, IO Also "Battlin' Bulldozer"	42-93908	330 / 458-K-31
City of CEDAR RAPIDS, MI Also "Colleen"	42-93955	330 / 458-K-32
City of CLEVELAND	44-69766	39 / 62
City of CHARLESTON	44-69791	39 / 61
City of CHARLOTTESVILLE Photo credit: Bob Mann	?????	19 /93
City of CHATTANOOGA Also "Pluto"	42-94062	330 / 457-K-9
City of CHICAGO	42-94003	19 / 28
City of CINCINNATI	42-93989	19 / 93
City of CLAYTON Also "Our Baby"	42-94024	330 / 457-K-12
City of CLEVELAND, Miss.	44-70077	39 / 61
City of CLIFTON Photo credit: Bob Mann	42-65308	19 / 93
City of COEUR D'ALENE Also "The Natural"	?????	29 / 6
City of COLLEGE PARK Photo credit: Al Wood	42-93996	19 / 93
City of COLUMBUS Also "Ten Under Par"	44-69741	330 / 459-K-51
City of COOPERSTOWN	44-70004	39 / 60
City of COUNCIL BLUFFS Also "The Germ"	42-93971	330 / 457-K-6
City of COVINGTON Also "Mary Kathleen"	44-69814(?) 44-69875(?)	330 /
City of DALLAS Photo credit: Al Wood	42-24883	19 / 28
City of DELUTH, Mn Also "She Wolf"	42-93957	330 / 457-K-5
City of DENTON	????31	330 /
City of DENVER Photo credit: Al Wood	42-93913	19 / 28
City of DEORIAL	?????	29 / 52
City of DES MOINES	?????	(330 / )?
City of DETROIT Also "City of Reno"	44-69786	330 / 459-K-53
City of DETROIT Photo credit: Al Wood	42-93923	19 / 93 & 19 / 28
City of EAGLE ROCK Also "Lord's Prayer"	44-69914	39 / 60
City of EL PASO Also "The Uninvited"	42-93974	39 / 62
City of EVANSTON	42-94071	330 / 459-K-65
City of FARMINGTON Also "Lonesome Polecat"	42-94059	330 / 459-K-61
City of FLATBUSH Also "Atomic Tom"	44-69682	19 / 28
City of FLINT	44-61676	29 / 52
City of FORT GIBSON	44-69762	29 /
City of FORT WAYNE	44-69682	19 / 93
City of FORT WORTH	42-93982	330 / 457-K-3
City of FRANKFORT	???	39/
City of GAINESVILLE Photo: Morton Museum of Cooke County	42-94071	330 / 459-K-65
City of GALVESTON	44-69785	39 / 60
City of GARY	44-69996	330 / 457-K-15
City of GLENDALE Also "Motley Crew"	42-93912	330 / 459-K-62
City of GLEN FALLS Also "City of Pacific Palisades"	44-70010	330 / 458-K-41
City of GRASS VALLEY Also "Busty Babe Bomber"	44-69795	330 / 458-K-44
City of GREEN BAY	???	29 /
City of GRIFFIN, GA Named by (AC) Capt Jack Hutchinson	44-70080	19/
City of GRUNDY CENTER Also "Bee Gee II"	44-69891	29 / 43 # 30
City of HATCH Also "Cue Ball"	44-70010	330 / 458-K-41
City of HERSHEY Also "Wilful Witch"	42-94037	330 / 458-K-39
City of HIGHLAND FALLS Also "Infant of Prague"	42-63539	330 / 459-K-67
City of HIGHMAN	42-93935	330 / 457
City of HOLLYWOOD	42-94013	29 / 6
City of HOLLYWOOD	44-70105	29 / 6
City of INDIANAPOLIS Also "Mary Kathleen"	44-69814	330 / 458-K-33
City of JACKSONVILLE Also "Miss Take"	42-93971	330 / 457-K-7
City of JAMESTOWN/TD>	42-94047	330 / 459-K-63
City of JERSEY CITY Also "McNamara's Band"	42-94016	330 / 457-K-13
City of JEWETT CITY	44-87646(?) 42-65361(?)	39 / 62
City of KANAKEE Also "Lucky Strike"	42-94029	330 / 457-K-16
City of KANSAS CITY Also "The Fire Bug"	42-63566	29 / 52 # 43
City of KETCHIKAN	?????	39 / 60
City of KNOXVILLE	44-69995	330 / 458-K-38
City of LA GRANGE (II)	44-69906	39 / 62
City of LANSFORD, PA	42-93967	19 / 28
City of LARAMIE Also "Ol' Smoker"	42-94047	330 / 459-K-63
City of LARAMIE, WY	44-69897	330 / 459-K-64
City of LAREDO	44-61795	39 / 60-P-7
City of LAS VEGAS	42-65365	39 / 62
City of LEXINGTON	13340(?)	19 / 30
City of LINCOLN Also "Princess Pat II"	44-70103	19 / 28
City of LONG BEACH	?????	29 / 43
City of LOS ANGELES	42-65302	29 /
City of LOUISVILLE Also "City of Highman"	42-93935	330 / 457-K-10
City of LYNCHBURG Also "City of Deluth"	42-03057	330 / 457-K-5
City of LYNN	44-61664	330 / 459-K-68
City of LYNN	44-61618	330/ 459-K-68
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