The US Navy banned nose art during World War II. The Army Air Forces tolerated it for morale. The Navy did not, permitting only minimal squadron markings or a pilot’s name in small lettering. Rules existed. Some pilots ignored them anyway. None did so more famously than the pilots of Fighting Squadron 27. YouTube / SVG Productions The Design In early 1944, VF-27 was training at Kahului Naval Air Station in Maui, equipped with Grumman F6F Hellcat…
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