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Be kinda nice if we could discuss about what's going on with Lil/927, and what we can do to help. But I'm just full of crazy talk lately.

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I'll be glad to donate a couple bucks to the cause if they scrub off the pinup artwork and paint a flag on the pilot's side.
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Then people will keep asking "What happened to Diamond Lil?" Which is why they scrubbed off the Ol'927 cartoon airplane artwork and applied this nose art again.
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JFS61 wrote:
I'll be glad to donate a couple bucks to the cause if they scrub off the pinup artwork and paint a flag on the pilot's side.


Where's the "Like" button?

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Then people will keep asking "What happened to Diamond Lil?" Which is why they scrubbed off the Ol'927 cartoon airplane artwork and applied this nose art again.


Let's leave the name and get rid of the artwork.
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Leave the name and artwork if you must, but get rid of that late-model windscreen! :lol:

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Or just do whatever keeps the donations rolling in to keep her in the air.

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Chris Brame wrote:
Leave the name and artwork if you must, but get rid of that late-model windscreen! :lol:


A proper B-24 nose would help as well.
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JFS61 wrote:

A proper B-24 nose would help as well.



This is the nose she wore for most of WWII. Is this what you had in mind?


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Or just do whatever keeps the donations rolling in to keep her in the air.

^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^

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I'd still like to see the original windscreen and bomb bay reinstalled.

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