Children of the Doolittle Raiders

Aircraft 40-2303

Crew No. 9 — Whirling Dervish

After striking the Tokyo Gas and Electric Company, the crew crossed China in darkness and rain before bailing out inland.

Crew No. 9 before the mission

Mission record

One aircraft. One shared fate.

Aircraft
40-2303
Unit
34th Bomb Squadron
Outcome
Bailed out over China

After striking the Tokyo Gas and Electric Company, the crew crossed China in darkness and rain before bailing out inland.

Members of Crew No. 9
Crew No. 9 · Aircraft 40-2303

The crew

Meet the men of Aircraft 09.

  1. 01Harold F. Watson
  2. 02James M. Parker Jr.
  3. 03Thomas C. Griffin
  4. 04William M. Bissell
  5. 05Eldred V. Scott

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