Post #740487 by Club Nouméa on Tue, Mar 31, 2015 5:09 PM

On 2011-06-21 15:22, Grand Kahu wrote:
Here is one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43990177@N07/4407923618/

GK

This photo is intriguing. The link to its original page is now broken, so there is no source. Careful examination of the photo shows it is a WWII B-25 North American Mitchell bomber that looks like it has been repanelled, with one of the nose windows having been blocked out. The two rods in the lower right-hand corner are inner wing-mounted machine guns seen on the Mitchell.

Note that the design is a very untraditional riff on the New Zealand hei tiki: New Zealand aircrew in the RAF flew in two squadrons that had Mitchells: No. 180 Squadron and No. 226 Squadron. So it looks like another example of NZ tiki nose art from WWII, although if anyone has any further information to the contrary I would be curious to clear up this minor mystery....

Toto, j'ai l'impression que nous ne sommes plus au Kansas !

[ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2015-03-31 17:10 ]