Nose art was a hallmark of American bomber crews in World War II, offering a personal and often humorous counterpoint to the deadly seriousness of their missions. This B-29 Superfortress carries a cartoon of Bugs Bunny as a wisecracking gangster, dedicated to the 27th Naval Construction Battalion, the Seabees whose engineering work built the airfields from which bombers like this one flew their missions against Japan. Project: 218529