Friday, October 04, 2019

I came across the 362nd FG nose art, and most of them were painted by George Rarey



from his scrap book where he seems to have had a different name in mind











above, Sleepy Jean the 3rd





https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/02/i-had-not-known-p-47s-had-nose-art-too.html  for the full size post about George Rarey, a remarkable artist whose scrap book was put together by his son and printed and sold on Amazon, and every year the asking price seems to double, it's now about 200 dollars.

https://www.amazon.com/Laughter-Tears-Sketchbooks-Squadron-1996-01-02/dp/B01K3HBTK4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Laughter+and+Tears%2C+george+rarey&qid=1570205421&sr=8-1

http://www.rarey.com/rareybird/laughter.html

Does anyone have a copy of Rarey's book, Laughter and Tears, that they can scan, or loan out? 

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