 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
SLEEPY |
B |
- |
24 |
D |
- |
- | - |
CO |
41-11761 |
9 |
98 |
343 |
~ |
R | 01-2 |
N/A |
Port (Left) Side - Starboard has
The SQUAW
- Walt Disney Character - "Snow White Theme"
Survived Operation
TIDAL WAVE, 1 Aug 43, Ploesti Romania
Info Contributor - Bill
Whitney
The SQUAW art work was retained throughout its combat tour. In the spring of '43
in compliance with a “Snow White Squadron” directive, SLEEPY was painted on the
left side. When SLEEPY finished combat and was sent home on a war effort tour,
the SLEEPY nose art was removed and replaced with a large map of the MTO combat
area. The original art work of The SQUAW was also changed to reflect a more
wholesome Squaw for viewing by the people back home.
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.
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