After 79 years, their P-61 has its own identity and nose art; Moonbeam Dream ... to find something that he felt fit the project. Selecting from a book of Vargas pin-up girls, Russ looked for ...

Nose art caught on among American aviators during World War II with images of racy pin-up models and cartoon characters, according to the paper. It died in the early 1970s when Air Force Chief of ...