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| Date: | Saturday 18 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American B-25B Mitchell |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF |
| Registration: | 40-2268 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nanchang, Jiangxi Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
North American B-25B Mitchell #40-2268, nicknamed Bat Out of Hell, took off from the aircraft carrier Hornet for an one-way mission to attack Japan.
Due to low fuel, Lieutenant Farrow instructed his crew to bail out even though he knew they were close to enemy-held Nangchang city, Jiangxi Province, China. All five crew members successfully bailed out; however, they became POW. Two of them were subsequently executed by Japanese. The B-25 Mitchell crashed in Nanchang.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid
childrenofthedoolittleraiders.com
Zheng, W. 2016. Landing in China: the Doolittle Tokyo Raid. Beijing, China: Popular Science Press. (in Chinese)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Mar-2025 02:43 | RDV | Added |
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