... Doolittle, who on the morning of April 18 swooped astonishingly down out of the Far Eastern skies at the head of his ... Doolittle and let it be known that Distinguished Service Crosses would be awarded to the 79 airmen who soared ...
... Doolittle, Bernt Balchen and Claire Chennault. The pictures are by Tom Lea, who has, besides a skilled and patient hand, a feeling for his fellow men. His pictures illuminate much more than just the cranial structure and skin texture of ...
... DOOLITTLE'S B-25 RACES DOWN THE "HORNET'S" FLIGHT From washing machines to precision aircraft parts. LIFE. PRESENTS. THE. STORY. OF. HOW. JAP. MAINLAND. WAS. BOMBED. On these pages are two accounts of the Tokyo raid. The first, written by ...
... Doolittle in the lead, a force of 80 Americans headed for Japan. turned on radio signals to guide the bombers to Chinese airfields. Soon, they ran out of fuel. Crews in 15 bombers had to bail out or crash-land. Three were killed and ...
... Doolittle.” Doolittle was a disciple of Billy Mitchell and was cut of the same cloth: farsighted, determined, feisty almost to a fault. Small of stature, Doolittle had a penchant for fisticuffs, and those who challenged him in or out of ...
... Doolittle was best summed up by Ernst Udet, one of Germany's top aces. “You Americans have two air forces,” he told a war correspondent, “your Army Air Force——and Jimmy Doolittle.” Doolittle was a disciple of Billy Mitchell and was cut ...
... DOOLITTLE, formerly an ace stunter of the army air corps, leaped to safety a few weeks ago when the fabric tore loose from the wings of his plane while traveling at an indicated speed of 235 miles an hour. Although Doolittle was not ...
... Doolittle Jr. DOOLITTLE HAILS DOOLITTLE talking to his famous father, Brigadier General James H. Doolittle, fcr the first time since last March. "Hi, General. How does it feel to be wearing those silver stars?" That was how he greeted ...
... Doolittle raid on Japan, some excellent books are available. Most complete is the admirable "Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders," (Van Nostrand, 1964) by Col. Carroll V. Glines. Col. Gtines also wrote a detailed account of the fate of the ...
... Doolittle. IMMIE DOOLITTLE, as he is best J known, is perhaps the most popular flier in the army. Short, about five and a half feet, stockily built, his face is tanned with the winds of scores of countries. Jimmie Doolittle has had a ...