Crew 05
Fifth plane to take off from the USS Hornet on 18 April 1942
Datasheet plane
- Aircraft Squadron: | 95th Bombardment Squadron |
- USAAF Serial number plane: | 40-2283 |
- AAN manufacturer's serial number: | |
- Name of the plane: | The plane had no name - no individual markings |
- Take off date: | 18 April 1942 |
- Take off time: | Take off @ 08.37 am ship time USS Hornet |
- Place in line to take off: | 5th |
- Bombs on board: | 1 cluster incendiary + 3 demolition bombs |
- Bombed area in Japan: | Kawasaki |
- Bombing of Japan - local time: | 12:40 pm |
- Fate crew - 18 april 1942: | Bailed out above China - 09.55 pm |
- Fate plane - 18 april 1942: | Crash south of Fuzhou, China |
The Crew
Target
The story of Crew 05
Bombed Yokoyama Kogyosho @ 35°24'09.8"N 139°32'04.6"E also Nippon Pipe Manufacturing . Second bomb was an incendary.
The pilot flew on instruments in stormy weather across the East China Sea towards China and when he thought he was above Chaozhou ( 23°39'01.3"N 116°36'49.3"E )he ordered his crew to jump out of the plane. The weather was stormy and raining heavily when they left the plane.
Bailed out @ 28°24'37.2"N 118°56'24.0"E Part of the crew met each other in Changshan 28°54'00.2"N 118°30'16.3"E The crew landed with parachute south east of Chaozchou in the Zheijang province, China
No crew member was injured after bailing out. Picked up by the Chinese resistance and guided safely ino free China. Arrived in Chongqing, China between 18 and 25 april 1942.
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Picture 1 : A bronze sculpture representing five Doolittle Raiders and five Chinese rescuers is outside Jiangshan Raider Memorial Hall. Copyright @ Jiangshan Raider Memorial Hall
Picture 2 : Pax Cheng, a Chinese boy, age 11, helped Doolitle Raiders in China. Copyright @ nara-usa - public domain
Picture 3 : Eugene McCurl in China after the Doolittle Raid, 29 June 1942, Standing right behind Song Meiling. On the picture Raiders Frank Kappeler, Charles Greening, Kenneth Reddy, Lucian Youngblood, Eugene McGurl, Jacob Manch, Waldo Bither, and Rodney Wilder. Copyright @ nara-usa - public domain. Copyright @ nara-usa - public domain
Crew picture : copyright @nara-usa - public domain - colored by : Our colorful history @ https://www.facebook.com/historyrestored - used with permission - Thank you so much for the wonderful crew pictures.
