Nose art of B-25H Mitchell bomber “Eatin’ Kitty” of the 12th Bomb Group, 82nd Bomb Squadron, ca 1944. The original version of this plane’s name was considered to be inappropriate by the higher command and was ordered to be painted out and replaced with “Kitty” [960×623]
by UrbanAchievers6371
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Nice.
Who knew a B-25 would be crewed by a bunch of cunning linguists
> We train young men to drop fire on people but their commanders won’t allow them to write ‘fuck’ on their airplanes because it’s obscene.
– Colonel Kurtz
Eh, it wasn’t always policed. There was “Strawberry Bitch” in WW2, and in Vietnam we had “DOOM PUSSY”
It’s such a striking contrast that you’re not allowed to put naughty words on your machine used to kill people. I do understand to some degree but it also makes distinctions between right and wrong seem very arbitrary. Indiscriminate killing via area bombing? Totally fine. Swearing or using too direct sexual language? Unacceptable.