Last update: 19 August 2023

Crew 05

Fifth plane to take off from the USS Hornet on 18 April 1942

Datasheet

- Aircraft Squadron:	95th Bombardment Squadron
- Serial number plane:	40-2283
- Name of the plane:	The plane had no name - no individual markings
- Take off date:	18 April 1942
- Take off time:	Take off @ 08.37 am ship time USS Hornet
- Place in line to take off:	5th
- Take off direction:	Take off @ about 35 40 N 153 40 E
- Bombs on board:	1 cluster incendiary + 3 demolition bombs
- Bombed area in Japan:	Kawasaki
- Bombing of Japan - local time:	12:40 pm
- Fate crew - 18 april 1942:	Bailed out above China - 09.55 pm
- Fate plane - 18 april 1942:	Crash south of Fuzhou, China

The Crew

95th Bombardment Squadron

Target

Kawasaki

The story of Crew 05

Bombed Yokoyama Kogyosho @ 35°24'09.8"N 139°32'04.6"E also Nippon Pipe Manufacturing . Second bomb was an incendary.

The pilot flew on instruments in stormy weather across the East China Sea towards China and when he thought he was above Chaozhou ( 23°39'01.3"N 116°36'49.3"E )he ordered his crew to jump out of the plane. The weather was stormy and raining heavily when they left the plane.

Bailed out @ 28°24'37.2"N 118°56'24.0"E Part of the crew met each other in Changshan 28°54'00.2"N 118°30'16.3"E The crew landed with parachute south east of Chaozchou in the Zheijang province, China

No crew member was injured after bailing out. Picked up by the Chinese resistance and guided safely ino free China. Arrived in Chongqing, China between 18 and 25 april 1942.

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Picture 1 : A bronze sculpture representing five Doolittle Raiders and five Chinese rescuers is outside Jiangshan Raider Memorial Hall. Copyright @ Jiangshan Raider Memorial Hall

Picture 2 : Pax Cheng, a Chinese boy, age 11, helped Doolitle Raiders in China. Copyright @ nara-usa - public domain

Picture 3 : Eugene McCurl in China after the Doolittle Raid, 29 June 1942, Standing right behind Song Meiling. On the picture Raiders Frank Kappeler, Charles Greening, Kenneth Reddy, Lucian Youngblood, Eugene McGurl, Jacob Manch, Waldo Bither, and Rodney Wilder. Copyright @ nara-usa - public domain. Copyright @ nara-usa - public domain

Crew picture : copyright @nara-usa - public domain - colored by : Our colorful history @ https://www.facebook.com/historyrestored - used with permission - Thank you so much for the wonderful crew pictures.