Much like the handmade bullion SSIs and personalized flight jackets from the last article helped the airmen showcase what group they belonged to, aircraft were no different. As the bomb groups of the 15th AF began to arrive overseas and conduct combat missions, aircraft markings evolved to ensure units could easily identify their own ships among the massive air armadas. In addition to group identifiers, personalization by the airmen was not limited to uniforms and jackets, as shown by the wide range of nose arts affectionately adorned to the aircraft by their crews.  Tail Markings When the B-24Hs of the 455th

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