B-25 Nose Art Nose art was really big with the flight and ground crews of fighters and bombers during WWII. This post just shows all the nose art from the B-25 bombers that attended the 70th Doolittle Raiders Reunion in April, 2012. Note: There were 20 B-25s that attended the reunion, but you’ll see 21 nose art photos. So, what gives? Well, in WWII, some airplanes had nose art on only one side of the nose, others had the same basic art on both sides of the nose, a few had different art on each side of the nose, and a some had no nose art at all. Of the planes that attended the reunion, all had nose art, but one had different art on each side of its’ nose. For a first hand account of B-25 activities at the 70th Doolittle Raider reunion: B-25s at the 70th Doolittle Raiders Reunion.
Champaign Gal belongs to the Champaign Aviation Museum at Grimes Airfield in Urbana, OH where the B-25s were based for the reunion. Many thanks to them for being such great hosts. They worked very hard along with Grimes Museum and the airport staff, management, and volunteers to hold a first class event.
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I have a picture from WWII of a Martin B 26 Marauder, that has been identified as s/n 41-34968. The crew is also in the picture and the nose art shows Hitler, Mussolini and another head in a frying pan with a scantily clad waitress holding the pan and the it is titled “What’s Cookin?”. My dad or one of his buddies took the picture and it could have been taken in Hawaii as that is where he served most of his time in the Army. Both my son and I are retired USAF MSGTs. I would like to find someone who knows something about the plane or the crew.