Aircraft Search

The data for this page comes from information compiled by Brendan Wood over the course of many years. Brendan and Cebby Burdekin Koepke provided the photo's. Special thanks to Brendan and Cebby for their efforts.

The following aircraft have Known Nose Art but the serial number is unconfirmed:

Legend

• Manufacturer: 

  • CO: Consolidated San Diego

  • CF: Consolidated Fort Worth

  • FO: Ford Willow Run

  • NT: North American Dallas

  • DT: Douglas Tulsa

• Series: model designation

• Block: specific production batch or variant of an aircraft type that incorporates a standardized set of changes or modifications within a series/model designation

• Paint Scheme: 

  • NMF: Natural Metal Finish

  • OD: Olive Drab

• BS: Bomb Squadron

• Equipment: Modifications for specialized roles

  • H2X: An American ground scanning radar system used for blind bombing during World War II. 

  • RCM: Radar Counter Measures

• RZI: "Return to Zone of the Interior" (returned to the States after the war)

• MACR = Missing Aircrew Report

• OC: Original Cadre

** For example, a designation like "B-24H-5-CF" would indicate a B-24H model, from the 5th production block, assembled at the Consolidated Fort Worth (CF) plant, possibly using Ford-manufactured components.