Aircraft 40-2283

Crew No. 5

The crew struck industrial targets, flew west on instruments, and became the first Raider crew to reach Chuchow after bailing out.

Crew No. 5 before the mission

Mission record

One aircraft. One shared fate.

Aircraft
40-2283
Unit
95th Bomb Squadron
Outcome
Bailed out over China

The crew struck industrial targets, flew west on instruments, and became the first Raider crew to reach Chuchow after bailing out.

Members of Crew No. 5
Crew No. 5 ยท Aircraft 40-2283

The crew

Meet the men of Aircraft 05.

  1. 01David M. Jones
  2. 02Rodney R. Wilder
  3. 03Eugene F. McGurl
  4. 04Denver V. Truelove
  5. 05Joseph W. Manske

Children of the Doolittle Raiders archive

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