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Photo #: NH 97502

Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942


Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAF, (center) with members of his flight crew and Chinese officials in China after the 18 April 1942 attack on Japan.
Those present are (from left to right):
Staff Sergeant Fred A. Braemer, Bombardier;
Staff Sergeant Paul J. Leonard, Flight Engineer/Gunner;
General Ho, director of the Branch Government of Western Chekiang Province;
Lieutenant Richard E. Cole, Copilot;
Lt.Col. Doolittle, Pilot and mission commander;
Henry H. Shen, bank manager;
Lieutenant Henry A. Potter, Navigator;
Chao Foo Ki, secretary of the Western Chekiang Province Branch Government.

Official U.S. Army Air Forces Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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28 February 2001