https://youtu.be/NvIJvPj_pjE w/lots of pictures @ http://taskandpurpose.com/story-behind-10s-iconic-war-paint/
I prefer the politically incorrect nose art of naked women. -> http://www.rsvlts.com/2015/03/19/wwii-planes-nose-art-photos/ # 7 is worth killing for. More politically incorrect nose art back when men were men and America was great. -> http://acepilots.com/planes/nose_art.html
Pretty sure the Flying Tigers AVG flew the Curtis P-40 Warhawk. < http://acepilots.com/misc_tigers.html >
The A-10's nose art definitely comes from the Flying Tigers P-40. When I was a FNG, the first combat mission I participated in was in June of 69, the amphibious assault known as Bold Pursuit. I was a member of a NGF spot team and we were TAD to 1/26. I remember when Marine Corps CH-46's Sea Knight helicopters that would transfer 1/26 to the USS Iowa Jima and the first thing I noticed was the nose art that all Marine CH-46's always had painted on their nose, the evil eyes. A photo can be found here -> http://airmanmom.blogspot.com/2011/07/nose-art.html excerpts from the link:
