A LOOK AT NOSE ART

A LOOK AT NOSE ART
In early January 2015, some very unique scans of a scrapbook came to light. The
man who had made his scrapbook was 6th Bomb Group armorer,
PFC Kenneth Spitko
Mr. Spitko , seen on right in above photo, was a professional sign-painter
and amateur artist, and most likely produced this art in trade for
something, which was quite common.
The original sketch work is below:
(note name at far left—M/Sgt Szarko)
Then the art was painted on the other side of the board, in full color:
When applied to the B-29 of 99TH Sqdn ,
serial number 42-24876, 52V,
it looked like this:
She completed 39 missions, with 14 different crews. Carl Donica racked
up the most with 11.
Crew Chief M/Sgt Maurice Szarko and his men made this the 1st plane in
the 9TH BG to achieve 400 hours on all 4 engines !
M/Sgt Szarko and 3 of his crew are seen standing in photo below.
(Matt Danner, grandson of Mr Spitko, provided the drawings of the art
and photo of his grandfather)
The entire scrapbook of Kenneth Spitko can be viewed at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/51105715@N02/sets/72157649600013220/