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Doolittle Raiders by Robert Taylor.
Doolittle Raiders take their B-25 bombers down to very low level and head for
China after delivering their surprise attack on the industrial and military
targets in and around Tokyo on April 18, 1942. The sixteen-ship mission, led by
volunteer crews, successfully completed one of the most audacious air raids of
World War II. |
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Doolittle Raiders by Robert Taylor.
Doolittle Raiders take their B-25 bombers down to very low level and head for China after delivering their surprise attack on the industrial and military targets in and around Tokyo on April 18, 1942. The sixteen-ship mission, led by volunteer crews, successfully completed one of the most audacious air raids of World War II.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 25 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £ Signed by Lieutenant Colonel Richard E Cole, Staff Sergeant Rev Jacob DeSchazer, Major Thomas C Griffin, Major Nolan A Herndon (deceased), Major General David M Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Frank A Kappelar, Lieutenant Colonel James H Macia (deceased), Lieutenant Colonel Harry C McCool, Lieutenant Colonel Chase J Nielson, Colonel Henry A Potter, Staff Sergeant David J Thatcher, Brigadier General Everett W Holstrom (deceased), Major Howard A Sessler and Captain J Royden Stork (deceased).
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 25 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £ Signed by Lieutenant Colonel Richard E Cole, Staff Sergeant Rev Jacob DeSchazer, Major Thomas C Griffin, Major Nolan A Herndon (deceased), Major General David M Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Frank A Kappelar, Lieutenant Colonel James H Macia (deceased), Lieutenant Colonel Harry C McCool, Lieutenant Colonel Chase J Nielson, Colonel Henry A Potter, Staff Sergeant David J Thatcher, Brigadier General Everett W Holstrom (deceased), Major Howard A Sessler and Captain J Royden Stork (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2146
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Doolittle Raiders by Robert Taylor
- The Signatures
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Lieutenant Colonel Richard E Cole
Co-pilot of General Jimmy Doolittles B-25 plane #1, attacked the city of Tokyo and bailed out over China. Remained in China flying bombing and transport missions over the Hump.
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Staff Sergeant Rev Jacob DeSchazer
Bombardier on William Farrows plane #16. Captured by the Japanese in China, spent 40 months as prisoner of war, only four captured Raiders returned at the end of the war.
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Major Thomas C Griffin
Navigator on Doc Watsons plane #9, attacked a factory on Tokyo Bay in Kawasaki. Arrived back in US in June, 1942. Flew combat in North Africa, shot down and captured in July 1943. POW.
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Major Nolan A Herndon (deceased)
Navigator and bombardier on B-25 Plane #8. of the Doolittle Raiders who bombed Japan in 1942, The crew landed in Russia and were interned, escaping in 1943 and returned to the United States. Born in Texas, Herndon enlisted on 27th July 1940. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant about a year later. He also graduated from navigator training and completed bombardier training. After his return to the US, Herndon retired from active duty November 4th, 1945. Herndon died at the age of 88 of pneumonia at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, October 8th 2007.
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Major General David M Jones
Captain and pilot of B-25 plane #5, attacked the waterfront of Tokyo. After the raid he flew Martin B-26s in North Africa before being shot down and taken prisoner in Germany for the duration.
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Lieutenant Colonel Frank A Kappelar
Entered the US Navy in 1936 before transferring to the Air Corps as navigator in 1941. Navigator on B-25 plane #11. Remained in CBI theater until August 1942. Reassigned to Europe for the remainder of the war.
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Lieutenant Colonel James H Macia (deceased)
Born in 1916, James Herbert Macia joined the USAAC in 1940, and was assigned in 1941 to the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron, 17th Bomber Group. He volunteered for what he knew only as a hazardous mission, which he later found out to be what became the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. He was the Navigator/bombardier on plane #14. After the Tokyo raid, transferred to Europe for the rest of the war. Following the war, he became involved with the U-2 spyplane and joined the Air Force Security Service retiring in 1973. Sadly, he died on 21st December 2009.
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Colonel Henry A Potter
Navigator on General Doolittle's plane #1. they bombed the industrial area of Tokyo. He landed in China and transferred back to the US after the raid. Later flew a combat tour of North Africa in B-26s.
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Staff Sergeant David J Thatcher
Flight engineer and gunner on Harold Watsons B-25 plane #9. After the raid transferred to North Africa and England.
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 | Brigadier General Everett W Holstrom (deceased)
I was Captain and pilot of a B-25 that met stiff resistance from Japanese fighter opposition. Our guns and turrets were inoperative. We flew on and bailed out 40 miles south west of Shinghsi. I landed by parachute in a driving rainstorm about 10.00 p.m. On the third day I was picked up by Chinese guerrillas who escorted me through free China. The rest of my crew were one day behind me! I later spent 20 years in Strategic Air Command, and flew and commanded B-47s, B-52s and the worlds first supersonic bomber - the B-58. - Everett Holstrom died 2nd December 2000.
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 | Major Howard A Sessler
As the navigator and bombardier on Don Smiths aircraft we attacked targets in Kobe. When the raid was completed we flew on and eventually ditched our aircraft in the sea off the coast of China. We swam to an island where Chinese guerrillas took us through enemy lines into China. We got to Chungking from where we were sent home through India and across the South Atlantic. I later flew all through Africa after the invasion until the war was over, a total of 103 missions, all in B-25s.
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 | Captain J Royden Stork (deceased)
I was co-pilot on a B-25 detailed to attack the chemical plant at the base of the Heneda River. I was designated photographic officer on the raid and had installed 16mm cameras in each bomb bay. After an attack we flew on to China, and the crew bailed out. I knocked myself out on landing, and after regaining consciousness, rolled up my parachute and waited for sunrise. After walking all day I was befriended by a local magistrate who helped me to get to the preassigned rendezvous point some dree days later. I wound up in the 10th Air Force in India where I flew missions over Japanese occupied territory until Air Force intelligence learned that the Japanese had put a $5,000 reward on all who had participated in the Tokyo raid. - Royden Stork died 2nd May 2002.
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