17th Bombardment Group (Doolittle Raiders)
North American B-25 Mitchells
34th Bombardment Squadron
B-25B 40-2344 piloted by Doolittle (take off #1) bailed out April 18, 1942 north of Quzhou, China
B-25B 40-2303 pilot Lt. Harold F. Watson (take off #10) balied out 100 miles south of Poyang Lake, China
B-25B "The Bat " 40-2268 pilot Farrow (take off #16) ditched west of Shangchow, crew POW, executed ***
37th Bombardment Squadron
B-25B 40-2292 pilot Hoover (take off #2) force landed into a rice paddy near Ningpo, China
B-25B 40-2278 pilot Bower (take off #12) bailed out 40 miles northwest of Chuchow, China
B-25B 40-2247 pilot McElroy (take off #13) bailed out near Poyang, China
89th Bombardment Squadron
B-25B 40-2250 pilot Joyce (take off #9) bailed out 30 miles north of Chuchowm China
B-25B "Hari Carrie/Hari Kari-er" 40-2249 pilot Greening (take off #11) bailed out 40 miles northwest of Chuchow, China
B-25B 40-2297 pilot Hilger (take off #14) bailed out southeast of Shangjoa, China
B-25B "TNT" 40-2267 pilot Smith (take off #15) ditched west of Sangchow, China
95th Bombardment Squadron
B-25B "Whiskey Pete" 40-2270 pilot Gray (take off #3) bailed out in the mountains southeast of Chuchow, China
B-25B 40-2282 pilot Holstrom (take off #4) bailed out southeast of Shangjac, China
B-25B 40-2283 pilot Jones (take off #5) bailed out southeast of Chuchow, China
B-25B "Green Hornet" 40-2298 pilot Hallmark (take off #6) crashed Nangchang near Poyang Lake, crew POWs
B-25B "Ruptured Duck" 40-2261 pilot Lawson (take off #7) ditched west of Shangchow, China crew rescued
B-25B 40-2242 pilot York (take off #8) landed Primorskrai Airfield (Primiori) near Vladivostok in the Soviet Union, crew returned
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