Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. DOOLITTLE RAIDERS' REUNION
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Hilger, John A. (John Allen), 1909-1982
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John Allen Hilger (b. 1909, Sherman, Tex.-d. Feb. 3, 1982), U.S. Air Force officer, began his military career in the Infantry Reserve after graduating from college in 1932, and received his pilot's wings in 1934. During the years of the Second World War, he was commander, 89th Reconnaissance Squadron flying anti-submarine patrols; deputy commander and pilot with the famed Doolittle mission, participating in the raid on Tokyo; commander, Chinese-American bomb group in the China-Burma-India theate...
O'Donnell, Emmett, 1906-1971
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General Emmett (Rosy) O'Donnell was one of aviation's pioneers who from his days as an Army Air Corps air mail pilot went on to build an impressive list of military aviation firsts. In 1941 he led the first mass flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses across the Pacific from Hawaii to the Philippines. Before World War II was two days old, he had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. In the midst of an enemy air attack, O'Donnell dove his B-17 through antiaircraft fire to attack a Japanese cruiser and ...
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993
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James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his daring raids on Japan during World War II. He also made early coast-to-coast flights, won many flying races, and helped develop instrument flying. Born in Alameda, California, Doolittle studied as an undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1922. He also earned a doctorate in aero...
