Aircraft 40-2267

Crew No. 15 — TNT

The five men survived a sea landing, evaded Japanese forces with Chinese help, and carried medical assistance to the wounded Crew No. 7.

Crew No. 15 before the mission

Mission record

One aircraft. One shared fate.

Aircraft
40-2267
Unit
34th Bomb Squadron
Outcome
Ditched off the China coast

The five men survived a sea landing, evaded Japanese forces with Chinese help, and carried medical assistance to the wounded Crew No. 7.

Members of Crew No. 15
Crew No. 15 · Aircraft 40-2267

The crew

Meet the men of Aircraft 15.

  1. 01Donald G. Smith
  2. 02Griffith P. Williams
  3. 03Howard A. Sessler
  4. 04Thomas R. White
  5. 05Edward J. Saylor

Children of the Doolittle Raiders archive

Recovered from the formerly public legacy archive. Caption, date, credit, and identification review are continuing.