Nose Art
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BCATP
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Lancaster
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Media
Nose Art
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BCATP
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Lancaster
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Media
Museum Collections
Clarence Simonsen Nose Art Collection
Nose Art Replica Paintings
Nose Art
432 Squadron Halifax NP736 flew fifty-six operations as 'The Babe'. Whereas many other bombers carried some form of painted bombs to indicate completed operations, a clean diaper was added to the clothes line on 'The Babe' following her return from a bombing raid. It is thought that the nose art and name were inspired by wartime magazine covers that featured chubby-cheeked children with toy guns that urged Canadians to enlist.