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Aircraft Names and Nose Art
306th Bomb Group--Thurleigh, England

There were about 500 airplanes that were permanently assigned to the 306th over the course of WWII, from early days at Wendover through the end of the war and the Casey Jones Project. Names were given to many of the planes by their pilots, crew chiefs, aircrews, and ground personnel. Some were named by other bomb groups before the planes were transferred into the 306th. There are almost 200 named aircraft that are documented in our archives and verified from various sources as having been assigned to the 306th. Almost all of these named aircraft can be identified to their serial number but there are currently 20 for which the serial numbers cannot be determined. Not all named aircraft were adorned with nose art. Some simply had stylized names painted on them, others cartoon characters, and of course some with rather risque artwork. Photos are held of the nose art on over 130 of these planes. Nose art photos for five of the aircraft were found at other bombardment group web sites: Ah's Availble and Skunface II (91stbombgroup.com); Konditori Baby and South Boston Shillelagh (381st.org); and Connecticutt Yankee (303rdbg.com).

Able Mabel (42-31524) Ah's Availble (44-8145) Anytime Annie (42-10732) Arch Bishop (42-31236)
Ass Bandits Bab's Best (42-29779) Banshee (41-24488) Barrel House Bessie (42-29985)
Battling B (42-29744) Beautiful Take Off (44-8838) Begin the Beguine/She Dood It (42-97323) Belle of the Brawl (42-31690)
Belle of the Blue (42-102503) The Belle of San Joaquin (41-5054) Big Operator (42-3406 ) Big Operator II
Bodacious Critter (42-5251) Boomerang's Big Friend (41-9148) Bonnie Lee The Boss (44-8923)
Bouncing Baby (42-97301) Buttercup (42-3142) Capt'n' and His "Kids" (42-38093) Cavalier (42-3301)
Chennault's Pappy (41-24496) Chennault's Pappy III (42-3172) Casa de Umbriago (42-97574) Choo-Z-Suzy (42-107055)
Colonel Korne's Rebels (44-8676) Combined Operations (42-37840) Commanche Commando Chief (44-6585)
Connecticutt Yankee (42-29629) DamYankee (42-102669) Dark Horse (42-29498) Debbie (42-38250)
Dearly Beloved(42-30730) Dear Mom (44-6807) DFC (42-5180) Dingleberry Kids (42-97505)
Dixie Demo II (42-24417) Donald Duck dropping bombs (43-37967) Drive It Home! (44-8652) the Duchess (42-31500)
the Duck Duration Plus (42-31726) Eager Beaver (42-24487) El Diablo (42-30606)
Elizabeth's Own (44-8516) Est Nulla Via in Via Virtuti (42-5841) Evelyn Ann (44-8779) Evenin' Folks! How Y'all? (42-97562)
Excalibur (41-24464) Extra Joker (42-31196) The Fickle Finger (42-107086) Fightin' Bitin' (42-5426)
Fightin' Bitin' II Fightin' Carbarn Hammer Slaw (42-32099) Fightin' Pappy (42-5407) Flack Shack (43-37619)
Floozy (41-24474) Fortunate Youth (42-97396) Four of a Kind (41-24471) Four Leaf Clover (42-37942)
Fuddle's Folly (43-37611) Geezil (42-5404) Geraldine (42-97630) Gray Lady
Grim Reaper (41-24467) Hammer of Hell (42-30175) Hard to Get (42-97946) Hellcat Hattie (43-38302)
Holy Hellcat (42-39945) How ? Soon (42-97297) Hustling Sue (42-30714) Ice Cold Katie (42-102557)
Impatient Virgin (43-37600) Irene (43-38832) Irish Lassie (44-8475) Jackie Ellen (42-29815)
Jack-O (42-31418) Janell (42-3209) Jo Ann (42-3169) Joan of Arc (42-29477)
Jones Family (42-97658) Jeravad 'Une Petite Peu' (42-5826) Knucklehead Konditori Baby (43-38802)
Kwitchabitchin (42-30431) La Mesa Lass (42-29666) Lady Elaine (42-97796) Lady Luck (42-38042)
Lady Winifred Larrupin Lou (44-6515) Las Vegas Avenger (42-30603) Lassie Come Home (43-37715)
Liberty Belle (42-5889) Liberty Lady (42-40006) L'il Abner (42-5431) Lily Marlene (43-37976)
Little Audrey (41-24560) Little Joe (43-39174) Little Lulu (42-39963) Little Savage (42-5428)
Low and Slow (44-8772) MAMU (42-38148) Man O' War 41-24486) Mary Gene
Margie Maryland My Maryland (42-29554) Meat Hound (42-29524) Melting Pot (41-24516)
Methuselah (42-102969) Milk Run Special (43-38019) Milk Run Special II (43-38376) Miss America (42-97896)
Miss Carriage (42-31768) Miss Liberty Miss Ouachita (42-3040) Miss Patricia (42-29930)
Miss Swoose (41-24509) Mizpah (42-5052) Montana Power (41-24465) Naughty Nancy ( 43-39116)
Nemesis Nicotine Nelly (43-38429) Olde Faithful (41-24475) Olde Faithful II (42-5714)
Our Baby (B-17F) Our Baby (44-8362) Paper Doll (42-31444) Patches (42-30939)
Peck's Bad Boys (42-29777) Picadilly Commando (42-5729) Picadilly Commando II (42-30707) Prayers and Patches (42-40053)
Pretty Baby (42-31136) Pretty Baby (42-97133) Punchy (44-8197) Queen Jeannie (42-30813)
Rain Check (42-37836) Report to the Nation (42-102619) Rose O'Day (41-24495) Rose of York/Princess Elizabeth (42-102547)
Round Trip Ticket (42-31440) Salvoin' Sachem (43-38910) Satan's Lady (42-31143) Scarlet (42-5720)
She Has To (42-102512) Silver Streak (42-102558) Sis (42-2978) Skeeter
Skipper (42-97129) Skunkface II (42-3061) Sky Wolf (42-5218) Sleepytime Gal (43-38362)
Snoozy II (41-24510) Snortin Abortin Solid Sender (43-37616) Sons of Fury (41-24493)
South Boston Shillelagh (44-8830) Spare Parts (44-6012) Spare Raider Star Duster
St. Anthony (42-31454) Steady Hedy (42-97181) Susan Ruth (42-31499) Suzy/Lilly Marlene (43-37976)
Sweat 'Er' Girl (43-37549) Sweet Pea (42-5130) Swinging on a Star (43-38153) Tailwind (42-97368)
Tally Ho Tar Heel Peggy (42-39776) Terry and the Pirates (41-24489) Tess (44-8357)
Times A Wastin Toggle Tessie (43-37598) Tower of London (44-8471) Umbriago (42-97278)
Unavailable Mable (42-97397) Unbearable (41-24476) Unbearable 3rd (42-29900) Undecided/Princess Pep (44-8724)
Unmentionable (42-29631) V Mail Gets There Fastest (42-30451) Vapor Trail (42-31363) Verna E (42-102975)
Wa-Hoo (41-24468) Wa-Hoo II (42-5086) Wampus Cat (42-39950) We Promised (42-102578)
Weary Bones (42-37943) Weber's Wagon (43-38412) Wicked Waac (42-30199) Wolf Pack (42-29739)
Ya Cawn't Miss Yankee Raider (41-24507) Zamro (42-97365)