Incidentally, Don Allen is still living today. After the war, Allen returned to his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked the rest of his career as a graphic designer while also recreating from memory or sketches as many of his nose art works as he could.
He charged the pilots the equivalent of $35 in today's currency. This led to Miss Dallas (right) which eventually led to at least 37 other planes. The photos of one of Second World War's most prolific artists, Don Allen at work (right), present a much more accurate depiction of the art of 'nose painting.' Don Allen, born in 1920, was about twenty-three when, while stationed in England, painted his first female image on the nose of a P47. It's unlikely such artists had live models (stateside perhaps), which he seems not to be paying much heed to in any case.
Present-day artist, David Uhl's Georgia Peach (above, left) pays tribute to the art and artists of our wartime past, though he obviously romanticizes the creative process somewhat.
