I am looking for those members who have direct history of aircraft nose art in the military and the story behind that art work. WWII, Korea and Vietnam Wars. I would like to publish a book with more than just the photos of the aircraft, but why that aircraft had a specific picture or person painted on it. Preserve a part of your history or your parent’s history. All contributors to be recognized in print once I get it published. Please feel free to contact me, Mark Benkelmann, ETCS, USCG (Retired) at MBENKELMANN@LYCOS.COM
You ought to contact the Commemorative Air Force museum here in Midland, TX. Used to be the Confederate Air Force but they changed it a couple of years back. They have a section in the museum on nose art and an exhibit of about twenty restored sections taken off of various aircraft. They have a restoration lab where they work on them. If you think they could help you, let me know and I'll get a contact number for you.
..Chuck Hall of 3438 St. Martin, St. Ann,MO, recently read a book titled, " A Missing Plane " by one Susan Sheehan..On the dust jacket for the book, the publisher, G. P. Putnam's son makes the following claim: .." There are more missing American planes from WWII on the mountainous island of New Guinea in the South Pacific than anywhere on earth. " ..As Chuck sums up the matter, " Obviously, Susan and her publishers didn't check the figures from the much bigger mountain range of The Hump or the jungles of Burma and India! " ..This looks like pure hype, an unsubstantiated claim made to promote a book..But I cannot find figures on the actual looses in New Guinea..You readers got any ideas? ..The Chuck's words: " The prestige of our CBI Theater is on the Line! "
