Luftwaffe nose art

We all know the Luftwaffe had no official nose art, though several airplanes carried personalised nose art design. Many others had the official Geschwader emblem + sometimes a little extra.

Hahn is a famous Ace which could be easily recognised






But other crews sometimes had their own design...




The translation could be Pants bullshitter or pants buzzer (brummer means buzzer/hummer but also bullshitter . Sowas dummes = so stupid .

 

Another one




"Indianer" (Indians) meant "ennemy ahead" in Luftwaffe slang.

 

From the Condor Legion

 

Geschwader design

 

interesting thread ...thanks.......the humans like to show off--display their individualism......I wonder how all the paintings, ID, insignia lasted through the extremes of the temperatures the aircraft went through.....the metal I can understand......
.great picture of the 190....it looks made for speed and power only...the canopy looks more sleek than a lot of US planes

 

More famous Squadron symbols (these were mostly official)

 

Thanks for sharing Skipper.

 

On Me-110















http://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/aircrafts-2/messerschmitt_bf_110/messerschmitt-bf-110-nose-art/

 

There is also a nose art thread for allied aircraft which includes a couple of Axis planes too, but I only recently realised there was no specific Luftwaffe thread for this kind of popular art.

 

Really interesting indeed!

 

What about one with a congratulations card + a stencil.




Gerhard Barkhorn painted his wife name on the plane. (http://www.luftwaffe.cz/images/barkhorn3.jpg)

 

250. luftsieg means 250th air victory?

 

Yes he ended the war with 301 victoires!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Barkhorn

 

Still Erich Hartmann beats him with 51 more!

 

Edelweiss




Painted target on a Transport Geschwader Tante Ju (Ju-52)

 

JU-88 From NJG1 at Schiphol . One can clearly see the Nachtjagd symbol (an eagle striking England)

 

Did not Hartmann use the famous black tulip in his plane´s nose and Galland used Mickey Mouse?

 

You are right.

 

Galland was not the only one .





Horst Carganico, who recieved the RK on 25.09.1941 as an Oberleutnant and Staffelkpt. 1./JG 77. He had shot down 60 enemy aircraft when he struck high tension cables, crashed and died on 27.05.1944 in France. He used a very prominent Mickey Mouse character on his plane...


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