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Nose Art Painting Of A Military Aircraft
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• Johnny Johnson's Spitfire IX featured the Canadian maple leaf.
• Erich Hartmann's Bf 109s featured a distinctive "black tulip" design on the very front of the cowling, immediately behind the spinner.
• James MacLachlan, who flew with an artificial arm, had his Hawker Hurricane adorned with a picture of his amputated arm giving a V sign
• The markings of aces were often adopted by their squadrons, such as Galland's Mickey Mouse and Hartmann's black tulip (still in use today on the aircraft of JG 71 "Richthofen").
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