[303rd-Talk] Nose art

[Bob Van Pelt]

Some of the younger members may not know what a Piccadilly Cammando was.  They were ladies of the evening that patrolled the blacked out streets of London.
Bob


--- On Tue, 1/20/09, Maurice Paulk <mjpmtmanenterprises at cccusa.net> wrote:

> From: Maurice Paulk <mjpmtmanenterprises at cccusa.net>
> Subject: [303rd-Talk] Nose art
> To: 303rd-talk at 303rdbga.com
> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 7:06 PM
> Since I was a Sgt in Air Corp supply and had no real contact
> 
> with the nose art. I can offer only what at the time was
> the
> rumor that a plane by the name of Piccadilly Commando 
> was requested to remove the name as the  British were 
> offended'.
> 
> I checked the 303rds nose art & did not find the name. 
> "Search" revealed two "hits"..Both
> refered to THE Piccadilly 
> Commandos.  A web search revealed that a B-24 had that
> name.
> 
> Maurice J. Paulk 
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