Hand-painted nose art reading "Lady Luck" adorns the fuselage of a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber of the 345th Bombardment Group, the famed "Air Apaches," photographed at Ie Shima in 1945. Personalized artwork like this, often featuring pin-up figures and luck-themed symbols such as horseshoes and four-leaf clovers, was a widespread morale-building tradition among American bomber crews, who painted their aircraft with names and images reflecting hopes of surviving their combat tours over the Pacific. Project: 218266