Short Stirling - Nose Art

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Re: Short Stirling - Nose Art

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gday that nose art of jane in the stirling story is my grand dad plane that him in the cockpit.
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Re: Short Stirling - Nose Art

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G'Day Lizard.

Great to hear about your grandfather. Do you know about or have any details / photos on him. If you do, we would certainly appreciate you posting them on the forum. We can assist in posting documents and photos if that is any help. As you will notice on the forum, we have assisted many members in posting details of family members who served in Bomber Command. It's great to have a lasting tribute for what they achieved for us.

Good to hear from you, mate.
Cheers,
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Re: Short Stirling - Nose Art

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Here's another piece of nose art. It's EF390 'T for Tommy' of No.7 Squadron in 1943

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The photo is scanned from Jonathan Falcolner's book 'Bomber Command Handbook 1939-1945 and is credited to Colin Pateman

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Re: Short Stirling - Nose Art

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Great photo there, Dave .............. never seen that one before, thanks.
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Re: Short Stirling - Nose Art

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Here is another Stirling, this time, crashed in Germany .............. Can anyone make out the symbol / details?
Footnote - I've had to put this picture thru 'paint' shop to edit text over the photo.
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Re: Short Stirling - Nose Art

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Another good find!
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Re: Short Stirling - Nose Art

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And a few more ..........
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