OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN WHO RAIDED JAPAN - 18 APRIL 1942

LISTED BY PLANE CREWS IN ORDER OF TAKEOFF

 

Takeoff No.1 (BAIL OUT)

Crew from 34th Squadron, 17th Group

Pilot Lt. Col. James H. DooLittle

Co-pilot Lt. Richard E. Cole

Navigator Lt Henry A. Potter

Bombardier Sgt. Fred A. Braemer

*Gunner Sgt. Paul J. Leonard (Killed in bomb attack in Africa Jan. 5, 1943)

 

Takeoff No.2 (CRASH LANDING - China)

Crew from 37th Squadron, 17th Group

Pilot Lt. Travis Hoover

Co-pilot Lt. William N. Fitzhugh

Navigator Lt. Carl R. Wildner

*Bombardier Lt. Richard E. Miller (Killed in action in Africa Jan. 22, 1943)

Gunner Sgt. Douglas V. Radney

 

Takeoff No.3 (BAIL, OUT)

Crew from 95th Squadron, 17th Group

*Pilot Lt. Robert M. Gray (Killed in crash enroute to China from India Oct. 18, 1942)

*Co-pilot Lt. Jacob E. Manch (Killed balling out of T-33, Las Vegas, Nevada, Mar. 24, 1958)

Navigator Lt. Charles J. Ozuk

Bombardier Sgt. Aden E. Jones

*Gunner Cpl. Leland D. Faktor (Killed bailing out in China after Tokyo Raid, April 18, 1942)

 

Takeoff No.4 (BAIL OUT)

Crew from 95th Squadron, 17th Group

Pilot Lt. Everett W. Holstrom

*Co-pilot Lt. Lucien N. Youngblood (Killed in crash Feb. 28, 1949)

Navigator Lt. Harry C. McCool

*Bombardier Sgt Robert J. Stephens (Died April 13, 1959)

Gunner Cpl. Bert M. Jordan

 

Takeoff No.5 (BAIL OUT)

Crew from 95th Squadron, 17th Group

Pilot Capt. David M. Jones (P.O.W. Germany 2 1/2 years)

*Co-pilot Lt. Rodney R. Wilder (Died June 6, 1964)

*Navigator Lt. Eugene F. McGurl (Killed in crash after raid In Burma, June 8, 1942)

*Bombardier Lt. Denver V. Trulove (Killed in action in Sicily April 5, 1943)

Gunner Sgt. Joseph W. Manske

 

Takeoff No.6 (DITCHED OFF CHINA COAST)

Crew from 95th Squadron, 17th Group

*Pilot Lt. Dean E. Hallmark (Executed by Japanese Oct. 15, 1942)

*Co-pilot Lt. Robert J. Meder (Died in Japanese P.O.W. Camp Dec. 1, 1943)

Navigator Lt. Chase J. Nielsen (P.O.W. Japanese 31/2 years)

*Bombardier Sgt. william J. Dieter (Drowned after ditching following raid April 18, 1942)

*Gunner Sgt Donald E. Fitzmaurice (Drowned after ditching following raid April 18, 1942)

 

Takeoff No.7 (CRASH LANDING CHINA COAST)

Crew from 95th Squadron, 17th Group

Pilot Lt. Ted W. Lawson

Co-pilot Lt. Dean Davenport

Navigator Lt. Charles L. McClure

*Bombardier Lt. Robert S. Clever (Killed in crash in U.S., Nov. 20, 1942)

Gunner Sgt. David J. Thatcher

 

Takeoff No.8 (LANDED IN RUSSIA) (INTERNED)

Crew from 95th Squadron, 17th Group

Pilot Capt. Edward J. York

Co-pilot Lt. Robert G. Emmens

Navigator/Bombardier Lt. Nolan A. Herndon

Engineer S/Sgt. Theodore H. Laban

Gunner Sgt. David W. Pohl

 

Takeoff No. 9 (BAIL OUT)

Crew from 34th Squadron, 17th Group

Pilot Lt. Harold F. Watson

Co-pilot Lt. James N. Parker

Navigator Lt. Thomas C. Griffin (P.O.W. Germany 2 years)

Bombardier Sgt. Wayne M. Bissell

Gunner S/Sgt. Eldred V. Scott

 

Takeoff No.10 (BAIL OUT)

Crew from 89th Recon Squadron

Pilot Lt. Richard 0. Joyce

Co-pilot Lt. J. Royden Stork

Navigtor/Baombardier Lt. Horace E. Crouch

*Bombardier Sgt. George E. Larkin, Jr. (Killed in crash on flight to China from India Oct. 18, 1942)

Gunner S/Sgt. Edwin W. Horton, Jr.

 

Takeoff No.11 (BAIL OUT)

Crow from 89th Recon Squadron

*Pilot Capt. C. Ross Greening (P.O.W. Germany 2 years died March 29, 1957)

Co-pilot Lt. Kenneth E. Reddy (Killed in crash in U.S. Sept 3, 1942)

Navigator Lt. Frank A. Kappeler

Bombardier S/Sgt. William L. Birch

*Engineer Sgt Melvin J. Gardner (Killed in crash in Burma June 3, 1942)

 

Takeoff No.12 (BAIL OUT)

Crow from 37th Squadron, 17th Group

Pilot Lt. William M. Bower

*Co-pilot Lt. Thadd H. Blanton (Died Sept. 26, 1961)

*Navigator Lt. William R. Pound (Died July 13, 1967)

Bombardier Sgt. Waldo J. Bither

*Gunner Sgt. Omer A. Duquette (Killed in crash in Burma June 3, 1942)

 

Takeoff No.13 (BAIL OUT)

Crew from 37th Squadron, 17th Group

Pilot Lt. Edgar E. McElroy

Co-pilot Lt. Richard A. Knobloch

Navigator Lt. Clayton J. Campbell

Bombardier Sgt. Robert C. Bourgeois

Gunner Sgt. Adam R. Williams

 

Takeoff No.14 (BAIL OUT)

Crew from 89th Recon. Squadron

Pilot Maj. John A. Hilger

Co-pilot Lt. Jack A. Sims

Navigator/Bombardier Lt. James H. Macia, Jr.

Engineer S/Sgt Jacob Eierman

*Gunner Sgt. Edwin V. Bain (Killed in action off Rome Italy, July 19, 1943)

 

Takeoff No.15 (CRASH LANDING - CHINA COAST)

Crew from 89th Recon. Squadron

*Pilot Lt. Donald G. Smith (Killed in crash in British Isles Nov. 12, 1942)

Co-pilot Lt. Griffith P. Williams (P.O.W. Germany 2 years)

Navigator/Bombardier Lt. Howard A. Sessler

Engineer Sgt. Edward J. Saylor

Gunner Lt. Thomas R. White (Medical Corps)

 

Takeoff No.16 (BAIL OUT)

Crew from 34th Squadron, 17th Group

*Pilot Lt. William G. Farrow (Executed by Japanese Oct. 15, 1942)

Co-pilot Lt. Robert L. Hite (Japanese P.O.W. 31/2 years)

Navigator Lt. George Barr (Japanese P.O.W. 31/2 years) (Died July 12, 1967)

Bombardier Cpl. Jacob D. DeShazer (Japanese P.O.W. 31/2 years)

*Engineer/Gunner Sgt. Harold A. Spatz (Executed by Japanese Oct. 15, 1942)

 

*Deceased

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