 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
DOPEY |
B |
- |
24 |
D |
- |
125 | - |
CO |
42-41014 |
9 |
98 |
343 |
~ |
A | 03-1 |
N/A |
Port (Left) Side - Starboard has JOLLY
ROGER
- Walt Disney Character - "Snow White Theme" - Featured in "Force for Freedom"
Pilot Malachy F. Byrne,
Jr. (In Other A/C)
Contributor - Robert Livingstone
Info Contributor -
Malachy Hackett
My Uncle, Pilot 1st Lt. Malachy F.
Byrne, Jr. (later Capt.),
completed 51 missions and received a Purple Heart in a raid on marshaling yards
in Italy 21 Jul 44 and a Distinguished Flying Cross for a mission in Rumania 16
Aug 44.
Info Contributor - Bill
Whitney
The third DOPEY painted by Amos Nicholson. The airplane carried the name JOLLY
ROGER on the right side of the nose along with a triangular shaped pirate flag.
Info Contributor -
Amos Nicholson (Artist/Crew Chief) / via Charles
Brummel (Nephew)
Along with ARKANSAS TRAVELER, I painted two versions of SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN
DWARFS, PRINCE CHARMING, and all "Seven Dwarfs" (three versions of
DOPEY) on B24-Ds
in the Libyan desert in Africa 1942-43. I never signed them and never got
credit.
Info Contributor - Tom
Brittan
Assignments:
RCL "R" : 3 Sep 43 - 18 Mar 44
RCL "A" : 24 Mar - 17 Apr 44
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