Aircraft 40-2278

Crew No. 12 — Fickle Finger

The crew struck the Ogura refinery and Yokohama docks before bailing out over China and joining Crew No. 10 on the route to safety.

Crew No. 12 before the mission

Mission record

One aircraft. One shared fate.

Aircraft
40-2278
Unit
37th Bomb Squadron
Outcome
Bailed out over China

The crew struck the Ogura refinery and Yokohama docks before bailing out over China and joining Crew No. 10 on the route to safety.

Members of Crew No. 12
Crew No. 12 · Aircraft 40-2278

The crew

Meet the men of Aircraft 12.

  1. 01William M. Bower
  2. 02Thadd H. Blanton
  3. 03William R. Pound Jr.
  4. 04Waldo J. Bither
  5. 05Omer A. Duquette

Children of the Doolittle Raiders archive

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