Nose Art

Many bombers had pictures painted on the nose reflecting something special about the crew, the commander, or a humorous idea. The crew of the Sassy Lassy chose the name but did not have time to finish painting it or a picture on the plane before it went down. The word Sassy and the letter L was all that had been painted on. I chose this as a possible nose art knowing they all would have appreciated a pretty girl but the pilot would not have allowed anything risque to be put on the plane. (The young woman, Lissa Petty, is a resident of the Kansas City area and graciously allowed me to use her picture.) The squadron and bomb group designation would not have been painted on the plane but this graphic was used for a t-shirt as was the first photo on the previous page.