Doolittle Raid - Participating Aircraft

Participating Aircraft

In order of launching, the 16 aircraft were:

AAF serial #	Nickname	Sqdn	Target	Pilot	Disposition
40-2344			Tokyo	Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle	crashed N Chuchow, China
40-2292		37th BS	Tokyo	Lt. Travis Hoover	crashed Ningpo, China
40-2270	Whiskey Pete	95th BS	Tokyo	Lt. Robert M. Gray	crashed SE Chuchow, China
40-2282		95th BS	Tokyo	Lt. Everett W. Holstrom	crashed SE Shangjao, China
40-2283		95th BS	Tokyo	Capt. David M. Jones	crashed SW Chuchow, China
40-2298	The Green Hornet	95th BS	Tokyo	Lt. Dean E. Hallmark	ditched at sea Wenchu, China
40-2261	The Ruptured Duck	95th BS	Tokyo	Lt. Ted W. Lawson	ditched at sea Shangchow, China
40-2242		95th BS	Tokyo	Capt. Edward J. York	interned Primorsky Krai, Siberia
40-2303	Whirling Dervish	34th BS	Tokyo	Lt. Harold F. Watson	crashed S Nanchang, China
40-2250		89th RS	Tokyo	Lt. Richard O. Joyce	crashed NE Chuchow, China
40-2249	Hari Kari-er	89th RS	Yokohama	Capt. C. Ross Greening	crashed NE Chuchow, China
40-2278	Fickle Finger of Fate	37th BS	Yokohama	Lt. William M. Bower	crashed NE Chuchow, China
40-2247	The Avenger	37th BS	Yokosuka	Lt. Edgar E. McElroy	crashed N Nanchang, China
40-2297		89th RS	Nagoya	Maj. John A. Hilger	crashed SE Shangjao, China
40-2267	TNT	89th RS	Kobe	Lt. Donald G. Smith	ditched at sea Shangchow, China
40-2268	Bat Out of Hell	34th BS	Nagoya	Lt. William G. Farrow	crashed S Ningpo, China

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