 NAME
|
TP | - | M# | SER | - | BLK | - | MF | SERIAL # |
AF |
BG |
BS |
SC | RCL/# | V#-P | PHOTO CREDITS |
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS |
B |
- |
24 |
D |
- |
- | - |
CO | 41-11913 |
9 |
98 |
343 | ~ | N | 01-3 |
WILLIAM E. HOLMES |
Port (Left) Side - Original
SNOW WHITE
in the 98th BG
- Walt Disney Character - "Snow White Theme"
Lost 1 May 45, ITA - MACR
15155 - Pilot Raymond C. Walton
Contributor - William E.
Holmes (Bombardier)
Each star on the wand depicts 2 missions completed. Delivered to us while we
were stationed at MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida, where the nose-art was painted.
We left the United States in Jul 42 and flew to SA, Gold Coast, Egypt and based
near Haifi. Our first mission was 14 Aug 42. Lost 1 May 43 as it flew into
another aircraft, flying through a cloud. All of our crew returned to the United
States by Jun 43, and we all missed the Ploesti Raid 1 Aug 43. Crew members
(1942-1943):
| Rollo Lawrence, Capt. - Pilot Gomer Wolf, 1st Lt. - Co-Pilot William Holmes, 1st Lt.. - Bombardier Bernard Tully, 1st Lt. - Navigator John Harkeli, S/Sgt. - Engineer |
Hermet Gregory, S/Sgt. - Radio Operator Richard Houlihan, Sgt. - Gunner James Fisher, Sgt. - Gunner George Brunnell, Sgt. - Tail Gunner |
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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