Lieutenant William G. Farrow
- First name: | William |
- Middle name: | Glover |
- Last name: | Farrow |
- Nickname: | Billy/Bill |
- Rank Doolittle raid: | Lieutenant |
- Last rank: | Lieutenant |
- Service number: | 0-421731 |
- Date of birth: | 24 September 1918 |
- Place of birth: | Morehead City, North Carolina |
- Date of death: | 15 October 1942 |
- Place of death: | Executed in Shangai, China |
- Place of the cemetery: | After the execution his body was cremated and his remains were taken to the International Funeral Home in Shanghai, After the war his ashes were brought to Hawai during 1946 and interred at Schofield Barracks, Oahure - reburied at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia on 17 January 1949. |
- Name of the cemetery: | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington |
Additional info
For Readers of The Tokyo Sixteen:
If you've purchased the book, you can find additional information and updates about each of the sixteen pilots here. New details continue to emerge almost daily, and I will do my best to update the corresponding pages regularly.
The Doolittle Raid Face book page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093570602530 for questions you can email me at
If you are related to or have known this person and you have information to share on this page, you are always welcome to contact the webmaster at
The Heroes of Doolittle's raid on Japan in april 1942
by Mr. Geert Rottiers
The book will be available soon.
