On 18 April 1942, airmen of the US Army Air Forces, led by Lt.
Col. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried the battle of the Pacific
to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring
raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya,
and Kobe. This historic attack against these major cities was
the result of coordination between the Army Air Forces and the
US Navy, which carried the sixteen North American B-25 medium
bombers aboard the carrier USS Hornet to within take-off distances
of the Japanese Islands.
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Crew No. 1 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2344, target
Tokyo): 34th Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle, pilot;
Lt. Richard E. Cole, copilot; Lt. Henry A. Potter, navigator; SSgt.
Fred A. Braemer, bombardier; SSgt. Paul J. Leonard, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 2 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2292, target Tokyo): 37th
Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Travis Hoover, pilot; Lt. William N. Fitzhugh,
copilot; Lt. Carl R. Wildner, navigator; Lt. Richard E. Miller, bombardier;
Sgt. Douglas V. Radney, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 3 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2270, target Tokyo): 95th
Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Robert M. Gray, pilot; Lt. Jacob E. Manch,
copilot; Lt. Charles J. Ozuk Jr., navigator; Sgt. Aden E. Jones,
bombardier; Cpl. Leland D. Faktor, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 4 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2282, target Tokyo): 95th
Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Everett W. Holstrom, pilot; Lt. Lucian
N. Youngblood, copilot; Lt. Harry C. McCool, navigator; Sgt. Robert
J. Stephens, bombardier; Cpl. Bert M. Jordan, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 5 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2283, target Tokyo): 95th
Bombardment Squadron, Capt. David M. Jones, pilot; Lt. Ross R. Wilder,
copilot; Lt. Eugene F. McGurl, navigator; Lt. Denver V. Truelove,
bombardier; Sgt. Joseph W. Manske, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 6 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2298, target Tokyo): 95th
Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Dean E. Hallmark, pilot; Lt. Robert J.
Meder, copilot; Lt. Chase J. Nielsen, navigator; Sgt. William J.
Dieter, bombardier; Sgt. Donald E. Fitzmaurice, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 7 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2261, target Tokyo): 95th
Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Ted W. Lawson, pilot; Lt. Dean Davenport,
copilot; Lt. Charles L. McClure, navigator; Lt. Robert S. Clever,
bombardier; Sgt. David J. Thatcher, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 8 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2242, target Tokyo): 95th
Bombardment Squadron, Capt. Edward J. York, pilot; Lt. Robert G.
Emmens, copilot; Lt. Nolan A. Herndon, navigator/bombardier; SSgt.
Theodore H. Laban, flight engineer; Sgt. David W. Pohl, gunner.
Crew No. 9 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2203, target Tokyo): 34th
Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Harold F. Watson, pilot; Lt. James N. Parker
Jr., copilot; Lt. Thomas C. Griffin, navigator; Sgt. Wayne M. Bissell,
bombardier; TSgt. Eldred V. Scott, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 10 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2250, target Tokyo): 89th
Reconnaissance Squadron, Lt. Richard O. Joyce, pilot; Lt. J. Royden
Stork, copilot; Lt. Horace E. Crouch, navigator/bombardier; Sgt.
George E. Larkin Jr., flight engineer; SSgt. Edwin W. Horton Jr.,
gunner.
Crew No. 11 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2249, target Yokohama):
34th Bombardment Squadron, Capt. C. Ross Greening (89th RS), pilot;
Lt. Kenneth E. Reddy, copilot; Lt. Frank A. Kappeler, navigator;
SSgt. William L. Birch, bombardier; Sgt. Melvin J. Gardner, flight
engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 12 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2278, target Yokohama):
37th Bombardment Squadron, Lt. William M. Bower, pilot; Lt. Thadd
H. Blanton, copilot; Lt. William R. Pound Jr., navigator; TSgt. Waldo
J. Bither, bombardier; SSgt. Omer A. Duquette, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 13 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2247, target Yokosuka):
37th Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Edgar E. McElroy, pilot; Lt. Richard
A. Knobloch, copilot; Lt. Clayton J. Campbell, navigator; MSgt. Robert
C. Bourgeois, bombardier; Sgt. Adam R. Williams, flight engineer/gunner.
Crew No. 14 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2297, target Nagoya):
89th Reconnaissance Squadron, Maj. John A. Hilger, pilot; Lt. Jack
A. Sims, copilot; Lt. James H. Macia Jr., navigator/bombardier; SSgt.
Job Eierman, flight engineer; SSgt. Edwin V. Bain, gunner.
Crew No. 15 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2267, target Nagoya):
89th Reconnaissance Squadron, Lt. Donald G. Smith, pilot; Lt. Griffith
P. Williams, copilot; Lt. Howard A. Sessler, navigator/bombardier;
Lt. Thomas R. White, flight engineer; Sgt. Edward J. Saylor, gunner.
Crew No. 16 (B-25B Serial Number 40-2268, target Nagoya):
34th Bombardment Squadron, Lt. William G. Farrow, pilot; Lt. Robert
L. Hite, copilot; Lt. George Barr, navigator; Cpl. Jacob D. DeShazer,
bombardier; Sgt. Harold A. Spatz, flight engineer/gunner.
