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Tony Starcer: Nose Artist Extraordinaire

Corporal Tony Starcer painted B-17 nose art for the 91st BG

Additional Nose Artists of the 91st BG

Charles Busa

Jack Gaffney

David Hettema

Below - Starcer Painting "Little Patches"

List of Starcer painted aircraft in alphabetical order

(Highlighted names are links to nose art or crew photos)

(1) Ack Ack Annie	(65) Margie
(2) Ah's Availble	(66) Mary Lou
(3) Anxious Angel	(67) Mary Kay
(4) Bachelor's Bride	(68) Memphis Belle
(5) Bad Penny (The)	(69) Miami Clipper
(6) Bam Bam	(70) Miss America
(7) Betty Lou's Buggy	(71) Miss Minookie
(8) Black Swan (The)	(72) Miss Quachita
(9) Blonde Bomber	(73) Miss Slipstream
(10) Blue Dreams	(74) Mount 'N Ride
(11) Bomber Dear	(75) My Prayer
(12) Boston Bombshell	(76) My Baby
(13) Bride of Mars	(77) Naughty Caroline
(14) Broad Minded	(78) Nine O Nine
(15) Bunky	(79) Nitemare
(16) Cannonball II	(80) Oh Happy Day
(17) Careful Virgin	(81) Oklahoma Okie
(18) Chow Hound	(82) Our Gang
(19) Connecticut Yankee	(83) Out House Mouse
(20) Daddy's Delight	(84) Pandora's Box
(21) Dame Satan	(85) Paper Dolly
(22) Dame Satan II	(86) Pard
(23) Delta Rebel	(87) Peace Maker (The)
(24) Delta Rebel II	(88) Pistol Packin' Mama
(25) Demo Darling	(89) Priority Gal
(26) Desperate Journey	(90) Qualified Quail
(27) Duke of Paducah	(91) Quitchurbitchin
(28) Eagles' Wrath	(92) Ramblin' Rebel
(29) Excalibur	(93) Rebel's Revenge
(30) Extra Special	(94) Red Alert, Cutty Sark, Dear Becky
(31) Fearless Fosdick	(95) Redwing
(32) Fertile Myrtle	(96) Rhapsody in Red
(33) Fightin' Pappy	(97) Ritzy Blitz
(34) Fifinella	(98) Round Trip Topsy
(35) General "Ike"	(99) Rusty Dusty
(36) Great Speckled Bird	(100) Sad Sack (The)
(37) Hairless Joe	(101) Shiftless Skunk
(38) Happy Valley Express	(102) Shirley Jean
(39) Heavyweight Annihilators II	(103) Shoo Shoo Baby
(40) Hell's Angels	(104) Sir Baboon McGoon
(41) Hell's Belle	(105) Skunkface II
(42) Hell's Halo	(106) Skunkface
(43) Hey Daddy	(107) Sleepytime Gal
(44) Hi Ho Silver	(108) Spirit of St. Louis
(45) Hikin' For Home	(109) Spirit of '44
(46) Hoosier Hot Shot	(110) Star Dust
(47) Jack the Ripper	(111) Strictly G.I.
(48) Jersey Bounce	(112) Sugar Blues
(49) Jezebel	(113) Superstitious Aloysius
(50) JubJub Bird (The)	(114) Sweet 17
(51) Just Nothing	(115) Sweet Dish
(52) Just Plane Lonesome	(116) Sweet Rosie O'Grady
(53) Lackin' Shackin'	(117) Take It Easy
(54) Lady Lois	(118) Time's-A-Wastin'
(55) Lady Luck	(119) Wabash Cannon Ball
(56) Lassie Come Home	(120) Wee Willie
(57) Liberty Belle (The)	(121) White Cargo
(58) Little Patches	(122) Wicked Witch
(59) Little Miss Mischief	(123) Wild Hare
(60) Local Girl	(124) Wolf (The)
(61) Madame Shoo Shoo	(125) Yankee Doodle
(62) Mah Ideel	(126) Yankee Gal
(63) Man O War	(127) Zootie Cutie
(64) Man O War II

Article by Pierre Lagace and Clarence Simonsen (13 January 2015), The Man Who Painted the Largest Number of WWII American Nose Art Images. (about Tony Starcer and 91st BG)

 

 

 

The photographs on the following pages can be downloaded by any visitor to the 91st Bomb Group (H) site.   However, we ask that permission be formally requested via email to use any of the photos on another  website.  Thank You