levisandleathers
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Just received this email.
"Hello,
Your nose art painting is very similar to one we own. Same OD canvas, same size. It's also by Mario Castro and is a copy of a Vargas girl featured in an Esquire calendar (from 1944 I believe). We purchased it some time ago from a seller in North Carolina who had acquired it from a WW2 vet. That owner had taken it from the ready room of his Air Force squadron. All I know is it was from the 5th AAF and the squad flew B-25's.
I surmise Castro was the resident artist for the different crews and he did some paintings on old tents as well as I presume, aircraft."
What a nice surprise to learn some of the actual history !!
dan
"Hello,
Your nose art painting is very similar to one we own. Same OD canvas, same size. It's also by Mario Castro and is a copy of a Vargas girl featured in an Esquire calendar (from 1944 I believe). We purchased it some time ago from a seller in North Carolina who had acquired it from a WW2 vet. That owner had taken it from the ready room of his Air Force squadron. All I know is it was from the 5th AAF and the squad flew B-25's.
I surmise Castro was the resident artist for the different crews and he did some paintings on old tents as well as I presume, aircraft."
What a nice surprise to learn some of the actual history !!
dan
