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| Date: | Saturday 18 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  North American B-25B Mitchell |
| Owner/operator: | USAAF |
| Registration: | 40-2261 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Ningbo, Zhejiang Province -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
North American B-25B Mitchell #40-2261, nicknamed The Ruptured Duck, took off from the aircraft carrier Hornet for an one-way mission to attack Japan.
Unable to spot an airfield near the Chinese coast, the pilots attempted to land the airplane on a beach at Nantian Island, but the B-25 Mitchell struck the sea surface and disintegrated. All five crew members survived with various degrees of injuries.
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)
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2025 08:32 | RDV | Added |
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