A Consolidated B-24 Liberator, its nose adorned with a hand-painted shark mouth and pin-up nose art, sits on a dusty forward airfield in the China-Burma-India theater. Liberators like this one flew long-range bombing and supply missions over some of the most difficult terrain of World War II, and personalized nose art such as this became a hallmark of crew identity and morale on isolated bases far from home. Project: 218087