
Caption | One of the Doolittle Raid B-25 bomber crews aboard USS Hornet shortly before the mission, Apr 1942 ww2dbase | |||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force | |||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 5 Apr 1942 | |||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
Added Date | 13 Oct 2012 | |||||||||||
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31 Jul 2012 02:24:48 AM
This is Doolittle Crew #5 (fifth to fly off Hornet). L to R they are: Lt Eugene F McGurl (Navigator), Capt David M Jones (Pilot), Lt Denver V Truelove (Bombardier), Lt Rodney R “Hoss” Wilder (Co-Pilot), Sgt Joseph W Manske (Engineer/Gunner). All survived the mission after parachuting into China. Lt McGurl was killed in action in Burma in 1942 and Capt Trulove was killed in action over Italy in 1943. Capt Jones became a POW in Germany and survived the war, as did the other two.