Sugar's Blues Noseart - a photo on Flickriver

            From the museum's notes...

The nose art that has been painted on the port side of the museum's Lancaster cockpit section replica duplicates that of Lancaster KB-864 of No. 428 Squadron RCAF. The figure is based on the popular "Varga" pin-up girl who was featured in the January 1945 edition of Esquire magazine. The aircraft's markings were NA-S and it would have been referred to as "S for Sugar." Sugar's Blues was a popular wartime dance tune. The diving figures are based on another Varga figure taken from the August 1944 Varga calendar. Each of the twenty-one represents a successful operation by the aircraft.

The art work on KB-864 was painted by Wireless/Air-gunner Sgt. Tommy Walton during January, 1945. The starboard side of the aircraft featured a white ghost dropping a bomb. Mr. Walton is now a member of the Nanton Lancaster Society. The replica on the museum's mock-up is the work of Clarence Simonsen.

Taken in: Canada / Alberta / Nanton (show map)

Taken on: February 18, 2006

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Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3000, f/2.8, 1/7 sec, 6mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Fujifilm FinePix S3000
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.143 sec (1/7)
Focal Length:	6mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Digital Camera FinePix S3000 Ver1.00
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