USS Enterprise CV-6
The Most Decorated Ship of the Second World War

History: Prewar - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945 - Postwar
The Ship - All Hands - Decorations - Remembrance

1942 - Doolittle Raid Aircrews

Sixteen planes and 80 airmen executed the Doolittle Raid, 18 April 1942. With one exception - the plane piloted by CAPT Edward J. York - none of the planes made a proper landing: all either were ditched, or crashed after their crews bailed out. Nonetheless, all but three men survived the flight. Eight were captured and made prisoner of war. Of these, three were executed, one died in captivity, and four survived to be freed at the end of the war.

Stan Cohen's Destination Tokyo is a superb and affordable printed history of the Doolittle Raid, and is the source for this aircrew summary.

* - Killed/Missing in Action, 18 April 1942
P - Prisoner of War (Survived)
D - Prisoner of War, died in captivity
X - Prisoner of War, executed

+ - Crews 8, 10, 14 and 15 had a slightly different set of responsibilities. The navigator also was the bombardier, while the bombardier (as indicated in the table above) was in fact the flight engineer, relieving the gunner of this responsibility.