Doolittle Raid Crew Roster

No. 1 (B-25B 40-2344 target: Tokyo)

34th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle

Copilot: Lt Richard E. Cole

Navigator: Lt. Henry A. Potter

Bombardier: S/Sgt. Fred A. Braemer

Flight Engineer/Gunner: S/Sgt. Paul J. Leonard

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 2 (B-25B 40-2292 target: Tokyo)

37th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Travis Hoover

Copilot: Lt. William N. Fitzhugh

Navigator: Lt. Carl R. Wildner

Bombardier: Lt. Richard E. Miller

Flight Engineer/Gunner: Sgt. Douglas V. Radney

(Crashed Landed)

 

No. 3 (B-25B 40-2270 target: Tokyo)

95th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Robert M. Gray

Copilot: Lt. Jacob E. Manch

Navigator: Lt. Charles J. Ozuk Jr.

Bombardier: Sgt. Aden E. Jones

Flight Engineer/Gunner: Cpl. Leland D. Faktor

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 4 (B-25B 40-2282 target: Tokyo)

95th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Everett W. Holstrom

Copilot: Lt. Lucian N. Youngblood

Navigator: Lt. Harry C. McCool

Bombardier: Sgt. Robert J. Stephens

Flight Engineer/Gunner: Cpl. Bert M. Jordan

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 5 (B-25B 40-2283 target: Tokyo)

95th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Capt. David M. Jones

Copilot: Lt. Ross R Wilder

Navigator: Lt. Eugene F. McGurl

Bombardier: Lt. Denver V. Truelove

Flight Engineer/Gunner: Sgt. Joseph W. Manske

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 6 (B-25B 40-2298 target: Tokyo)

95th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Dean E. Hallmark

Copilot: Lt. Robert J. Meder

Navigator: Lt. Chase J. Nielson

Bombardier: Sgt. William J. Dieter

Flight Engineer/Gunner: Sgt. Donald E. Fitzmaurice

(Ditched Off Coast)

 

No. 7 (B-25B 40-2261 target: Tokyo)

95th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Ted W. Lawson

Copilot: Lt. Dean Davenport

Navigator: Lt. Charles L. McClure

Bombardier: Lt. Robert S. Cleaver

Flight Engineer/Gunner: Sgt. David J. Thatcher

(Crashed Landed In Water)

 

No. 8 (B-25B 40-2242 target: Tokyo)

95th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Capt. Edward J. York

Copilot: Lt. Robert G. Emmens

Navigator/Bombardier: Lt. Nolan A. Herndon

Flight Engineer: S/Sgt. Theodore H. Laban

Gunner: Sgt. David W. Pohl

(Landed in Russia)

 

No. 9 (B-25B 40-2303 target: Tokyo)

34th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Harold F. Watson

Copilot: Lt. James N. Parker Jr.

Navigator: Lt. Thomas C. Griffin

Bombardier: Sgt. Wayne M. Bissell

Flight Engineer/Gunner: T/Sgt. Eldred V. Scott

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 10 (B-25B 40-2250 target: Tokyo)

89th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Richard O. Joyce

Copilot: Lt. J. Royden Stork

Navigator/Bombardier: Lt. Horace E. Crouch

Flight Engineer: Sgt. George E. Larkin Jr.

Gunner: S/Sgt. Edwin E. Horton Jr.

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 11 (B-25B 40-2249 target: Yokohama)

34th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Capt. C. Ross Greening

Copilot: Lt. Kenneth E. Reddy

Navigator: Lt. Frank A. Kappeler

Bombardier: S/Sgt. William L. Birch

Flight Engineer/Gunner: Sgt. Melvin J. Gardner

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 12 (B-25B 40-2278 target: Yokohama)

37th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. William M. Bower

Copilot: Lt. Thadd H. Blanton

Navigator: Lt. William R. Pound Jr.

Bombardier: T/Sgt. Waldo J. Bither

Flight Engineer/Gunner: S/Sgt. Omer A. Duquette

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 13 (B-25B 40-2247 target: Yokohama)

37th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Edgar E. McElroy

Copilot: Lt. Richard A. Knobloch

Navigator: Lt. Clayton J. Campbell

Bombardier: M/Sgt. Robert C. Bourgeois

Flight Engineer/Gunner: Sgt. Adam R. Williams

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 14 (B-25B 40-2297 target: Nagoya)

89th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Maj. John A. Hilger

Copilot: Lt. Jack A. Sims

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

Flight Engineer: S/Sgt. Jacob Eierman

Gunner: S/Sgt. Edwin V. Bain

(Bailed Out)

 

No. 15 (B-25B 40-2267 target: Nagoya)

89th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. Donald G. Smith

Copilot: Lt. Griffith P. Williams

Navigator/Bombardier: Lt. Howard A. Sessler

Gunner: Lt. Thomas R. White

Flight Engineer: Sgt. Edward J Saylor

(Crashed Landed)

 

No. 16 (B-25B 40-2268 target: Nagoya)

34th Bombardment Squadron

Pilot: Lt. William G. Farrow

Copilot: Lt. Robert L. Hite

Navigator: Lt. George Barr

Bombardier: Cpl. Jacob D. DeShazer

Flight Engineer/Gunner: Sgt. Harold A. Spatz

(Bailed Out)

 

Crew Information from the book:"Destination Tokyo" by Stan Cohen

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