The names behind the mission

Eighty lives, remembered individually.

Pilots, copilots, navigators, bombardiers, engineers, and gunners—each man has a place in the record.

Crew No. 1 before the mission

Individual Raider profiles

No one disappears into the number.

The restored directory begins with each Raider's preserved service record and crew context. Biographies and related photographs will deepen as the archive is reconciled.

01 Edwin V. Bain 6561290, Master Sergeant 02 George Barr 0-431644, Captain 03 William L. Birch 6561172, Second Lieutenant 04 Wayne Max Bissell 6579237, First Lieutenant 05 Waldo J. Bither 6101457, Major 06 Thadd Harrison Blanton 0-421030, Lieutenant Colonel 07 Robert C. Bourgeois 7000417, Flight Officer 08 William M. Bower 0-398577, Colonel 09 Fred Anthony Braemer 6875923, Captain 10 Clayton J. Campbell 0-419327, Lieutenant Colonel 11 Robert Stevenson Clever 0-432331, First Lieutenant 12 Richard E. Cole 0-421602, Colonel 13 Horace Ellis "Sally" Crouch 0-395839, Lieutenant Colonel 14 Dean Davenport 0-427310, Colonel 15 Jacob Daniel DeShazer 6584514, Staff Sergeant 16 William J. Dieter 6565763, Staff Sergeant 17 James Harold Doolittle 0-271885, Lieutenant General, promoted to General in 1985 18 Omer Adelard Duquette 6143447, Staff Sergeant 19 Jacob Eierman 6883947, Major 20 Robert G. Emmens 0-24104, Colonel 21 Leland Dale Faktor 17003211, Corporal 22 William Glover "Bill" Farrow 0-421731, First Lieutenant 23 William N. Fitzhugh 0-421067, Major 24 Donald E. Fitzmaurice 17004360, Sergeant 25 Melvin J. Gardner Staff Sergeant 26 Robert Manning Gray 0-403862, Captain, Pilot Crew 3 27 Charles Ross Greening 0-22443, Colonel 28 Thomas Carson Griffin 0-377848, Major 29 Dean Edward Hallmark 0-431081, First Lieutenant 30 Nolan Anderson Herndon 0-419328, Major 31 John A. Hilger 0-20437, Brigadier General 32 Robert L. Hite 0-417960, Lieutenant Colonel 33 Everett W. "Brick" Holstrom 0-397395, Brigadier General 34 Travis Hoover 0-421149, Colonel 35 Edwin Weston Horton Jr. 6139178, Master Sergeant 36 Aden Earl Jones 6580258, Second Lieutenant 37 David M. Jones 0-22482, Major General 38 Bert Mervin Jordan 6952993, Master Sergeant 39 Richard Outcalt Joyce 0-401770, Lieutenant Colonel 40 Frank Albert Kappeler 0-419579, Lieutenant Colonel 41 Richard A. "Knobby" Knobloch Brigadier General 42 Theodore H. Laban 6559855, Master Sergeant 43 George Elmer Larkin Jr., 6984298, Staff Sergeant 44 Ted W. Lawson 0-399540, Major 45 Paul John Leonard 6248728, Master Sergeant 46 James Herbert Macia Jr. 0-419330, Colonel 47 Jacob Earl "Shorty" Manch 0-389941, Lieutenant Colonel 48 Joseph W. Manske 6914440, Colonel 49 Charles L. McClure 0-431647, Captain 50 Harry C. McCool 0-419329, Lieutenant Colonel 51 Edgar E. McElroy 0-421122, Lieutenant Colonel 52 Eugene Francis McGurl 0-431648, First Lieutenant 53 Robert John Meder 0-411140, First Lieutenant 54 Richard Ewing Miller 0-432352, Captain 55 Chase Jay Nielsen 0-419938, Lieutenant Colonel 56 Charles John Ozuk 0-419618, Captain 57 James M. Parker Jr. 0-421128, Lt. Col. 58 David William Pohl 6152141, First Lieutenant 59 Henry A. "Hank" Potter 0-419614, Colonel 60 William Roy Pound Jr., 0-419332, Lieutenant Colonel 61 Douglas V. Radney 6266909, Major 62 Kenneth E. Reddy 0-421131, First Lieutenant 63 Edward Joseph Saylor 6569707, Lieutenant Colonel 64 Eldred Von Scott 6530453, Lieutenant Colonel 65 Howard Albert Sessler 0-43165, Major 66 Jack A. Sims 0-421340, Colonel 67 Donald Gregory Smith 0-389010, Captain 68 Harold A. Spatz 6936659, Sergeant 69 Robert James Stephens 6936650, Flight Officer 70 J. Royden Stork 0-421345, Captain 71 David J. Thatcher 19019573, Staff Sergeant 72 Denver Vernon Truelove 0-427637, Captain 73 Harold Francis Watson 0-397797, Lieutenant Colonel 74 Thomas Robert White 0-420191, Major 75 Rodney Ross "Hoss" Wilder 0-421149, Colonel 76 Carl Richard Wildner 0-352857, Lieutenant Colonel 77 Adam Ray Williams 6969211, Master Sergeant 78 Griffith Paul Williams 0-421336, Major 79 Edward J. York 0-211511, Colonel 80 Lucian Nevelon Youngblood 0-421153, Major