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Bombshells away: sixty years ago, WWII serviceman decorated the noses of their airplanes for power and good luck. With the largest collection of their artwork now assembled--and permanently on display in Midland--there's little doubt where they found their inspiration.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-AUG-04 		Format: Online - approximately 454 words
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Full Article Title: Bombshells away: sixty years ago, WWII serviceman decorated the noses of their airplanes for power and good luck. With the largest collection of their artwork now assembled--and permanently on display in Midland--there's little doubt where they found their inspiration.(World War II serviceman)

Article Excerpt
IN 1946 MINOT PRATT was the general manager of an aviation salvage company in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. It was the end of World War II, and the Aircraft Conversion Company, as the enterprise was called, was charged with breaking down thousands of war-weary airplanes returning from overseas and salvaging them for scrap. But as Pratt watched the planes being taken apart, he found himself drawn to the...

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