Re: Sonderkommando Elbe
Just to clear up any misconceptions on the fate of the B-25 crews that bombed Japan in April of 1942
AAF serial #
Nickname
Sqdn
Target
Pilot
Disposition
40-2344
none
34th BS
Tokyo
Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle
crashed Chuchow, China
40-2292
none
37th BS
Tokyo
Lt. Travis Hoover
crashed Ningpo, China
40-2270
Whiskey Pete
95th BS
Tokyo
Lt. Robert M. Gray
crashed Chuchow, China
40-2282
none
95th BS
Tokyo
Lt. Everett W. Holstom
crashed Shangjao, China
40-2283
none
95th BS
Tokyo
Capt. David M. Jones
crashed Chuchow, China
40-2298
Green Hornet
95th BS
Tokyo
Lt. Dean E. Hallmark
crashed Nanchang, China
40-2261
The Ruptured Duck
95th BS
Tokyo
Lt. Ted W. Lawson
ditched Shangchow, China
40-2242
none
95th BS
Tokyo
Capt. Edward J. York
interned Vladivostok, Russia
40-2303
Whirling Dervish
34th BS
Tokyo
Lt. Harold F. Watson
crashed Nanchang, China
40-2250
none
89th RS
Tokyo
Lt. Richard O. Joyce
crashed Chuchow, China
40-2249
Hari Kari-er
89th RS
Yokohama
Capt. C. Ross Greening
crashed Chuchow, China
40-2278
Fickle Finger
37th BS
Yokohama
Lt. William M. Bower
crashed Chuchow, China
40-2247
none
37th BS
Yokosuka
Lt. Edgar E. McElroy
crashed Nanchang, China
40-2297
none
89th RS
Nagoya
Maj. John A. Hilger
crashed Shangjao, China
40-2267
none
89th RS
Kobe
Lt. Donald G. Smith
ditched Shangchow, China
40-2268
(The) Bat Out of Hell
34th BS
Nagoya
Lt. William G. Farrow
crashed Ningpo, China
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Best Regards,
JW
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