Crew #16
Crew of 16th Aircraft Plane # 40-2268 - "Bat Out of Hell" - Crew from 89th Reconnaissance Squadron - (Crash Landing - China Coast - Japanese POW's)
The last B25 left the deck of the Hornet 59 minutes after Doolittle, facing the prospect of a forewarned Japanese defense. During takeoff a sailor slipped and fell into the propeller of one engine and lost an arm. The ill-fated crew successfully bombed oil storage tanks and an aircraft factory despite enemy fighter attacks, then headed on to China. Due to low fuel, Lieutenant Farrow instructed his crew to bail out even though he knew they were close to enemy-held Nangchang city. Within an hour Lt. Barr was captured and before noon all five crewmen became Prisoners of War.
Pilot Lt. W.G. Farrow
Co-Pilot Lt. R.L. Hite
Navigator Lt. G. Barr
Bombardier Cpl. J. DeShazer
Engineer Gunner Sgt. H.A. Spatz
Barr
George Barr, 0-431644, Captain
Deshazer
Jacob Daniel DeShazer, 6584514, Staff Sergeant
Farrow
William Glover "Bill" Farrow, 0-421731, First Lieutenant
Hite
Robert L. Hite, 0-417960, Lieutenant Colonel