This is a request for decals for the Armaments in Miniature PB4Y-2 Privateer. The USN didn't nearly as short a leash on its patrol squadrons regarding individual markings as it did for fighter units (especially those aboard carriers), so there's a fair amount of Privateer nose art to choose from. The one I'd really like to see is Bureau Number 59450 'Abroad for Action' (aircraft ID Y 450) of VPB-121.
There are other examples, of course, featuring not just risque art work (the Navy really let the VP boys get away with murder--VF-27's surviving Hellcats all had their 'faces' painted over on their new carriers immediately), but also variations on the tricolor paint scheme. For example, 'Redwing' of VPB-106, 'Sea-ducer' of VPB-116, and, of course, 'Our Baby,' probably also from VPB-106.
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