P-39N "Blazing Blonde" 42-18813 with drop tank at an airfield
On the left fuselage door is the nickname "Blazing Blonde" with the nose art of a blonde woman seated with her left leg raised wearing high heel, a skirt, bra and bow in her blonde hair atop a white background spanning the entire lower half of the cockpit door. Below to the left is the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) serial stencil block that reads: "U.S. Army Air Forces P-39N-5-BE Serial No. 42-18813". On July 6, 1944 took off piloted by 1st Lt. Gabriel J. Eggud armed with a bomb on a mission against Wewak and went Missing In Action (MIA).
Credit: Norman J. Barnes via Paul Barnes (son) Date: 1943
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