Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders. Signed By General Doolittle and 24 of the Tokyo Raiders
Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1964. First Edition. Fine / Very Good. Item #10007
SIGNED by General Doolittle on half-title, and Rear Admiral Hank Miller and Chinese interpreter Tung Sheng Lin on ffep (Rear Admiral Henry L. Miller was made an Honorary Tokyo Raider for his part in training the pilots at Eglin Field, Florida and California, before boarding the Hornet). Signed by 25 of the Doolittle Raiders (includes General Doolittle) near their respective photos (and signed by the author Carroll V. Glines, Lt. Col. USAF on title page). On April 18, 1942, 80 airmen were launched from the U. S. aircraft carrier Hornet in overloaded B-25 Mitchell bombers, to bomb Tokyo. The 25 Tokyo Raiders who have signed this book are listed by crew number: Crew #1, Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, Pilot; Col. Richard E. Cole, Co-Pilot; Col. Henry A. Potter, Navigator; Crew #2, Maj. Douglas V. Radney, Engineer-Gunner; Lt. Col. Carl N. Wildner, Navigator; Crew #3, Lt. Col. Jacob E. Manch, Co-Pilot; Crew #4, Brig. Gen. Everett W. Holstrom, Pilot; Crew #5, Major General David M. Jones, Pilot; Lt. Col. Joseph W. Manske, Engineer-Gunner. Crew #7, Capt. Charles L. McClure, Navigator; Crew #8, Col. Robert G. Emmens, Lt. David W. Pohl, Co-Pilot and the youngest member of the Doolittle Raiders at 20 years old; Crew # 9, Major Thomas C. Griffin, Navigator. Major James M. Parker, Co-Pilot; Crew #10, Capt. J. Royden Stork, Co-Pilot; M/Sgt. Edwin W. Horton, Gunner (held back at last minute from mission, because of his expertise in gun turrets). Crew #11, Lt. Col. Frank A. Kappeler, Navigator; Crew #12, Col. William M.Bower, Pilot; Crew #13, Brig. Gen. Richard A. Knobloch, Co-Pilot; Flight Officer Robert C. Bourgeois, Bombardier; Crew #14, Col. James H. Macia, Navigator-Bombardier, Major Jacob Eierman, Engineer; Crew #15, Major Thomas R. White, Gunner; Crew #16, Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite, Co-Pilot, S/Sgt. Jacob DeShazer, Bombardier. Internally clean and bright; a lovely copy. Signed for a second time by Chinese Interpreter Tung Sheng Liu on page 148.
Price: $900.00