Author: OLSEN, HAL.
Title: Up An' Atom: WWII. The golden Age of Nose Art.
Description: First Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. viii, 68, (2); text illustrated with numerous b/w. paintings, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy. Niceville, FL; Patriot Media, Inc.; n.d. (2013). Hal Olsen, the last living WWII Nose Art artist, earned his place in history over 70 years ago using bare buns and bust lines to lift the spirits and morale of navy aviators. Armed with a paint brush and paint, and a sense of humor, he created more than 100 life-size ladies onto bombers while working as a U.S. Navy aviation machinist on Tinian in the Marianas islands. This is Hal's story.
Keywords: gmil general military history art biography american
Title: Up An' Atom: WWII. The golden Age of Nose Art.
Description: First Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. viii, 68, (2); text illustrated with numerous b/w. paintings, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy. Niceville, FL; Patriot Media, Inc.; n.d. (2013). Hal Olsen, the last living WWII Nose Art artist, earned his place in history over 70 years ago using bare buns and bust lines to lift the spirits and morale of navy aviators. Armed with a paint brush and paint, and a sense of humor, he created more than 100 life-size ladies onto bombers while working as a U.S. Navy aviation machinist on Tinian in the Marianas islands. This is Hal's story.
Keywords: gmil general military history art biography american
Price: AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 20.76 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 112777
- Book number: 112777