Book Backdrop for Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue – Object #5

Photograph of Woodrow Crockett with airplane Daisy Mae in Ramitelli, Italy, 1945

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<p>Crockett, wearing his Air Force uniform, leans on his airplane with his right arm, while his left hand is on his hip. The cockpit is open. Painted on the airplane is its name “Daisy Mae” and a picture of Daisy Mae from the Li’l Abner comic strip.</p>

Woodrow Crockett, a pilot with the “Tuskegee Airmen” stands on his plane Daisy Mae in Italy at the end of World War II.

Excerpts

Under the cockpit is painted
“PILOT: Captain W.W. Crockett
C/C: S/Sgt. A. Parks
ARM: Cpl. M. Fernando”

Questions:

Use adjectives to describe the man in this photograph.

How do you know this photograph was taken in the past? Use evidence to support your answer.

Why might Ron want to be a pilot like this man, who was a pilot in Italy during World War II?

Citations

National Dunbar Alumni Association Historical Collection (UALR.MS.0021), UALR Center for Arkansas History and Culture