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JAMES H. DOOLITTLE
JAMES H. DOOLITTLE
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(1896 - 1993) American aviator who gained fame both as a racing pilot and as leader of the first air raid on Tokyo during World War II. S.P., 8 x 10 in. b/w, a montage of four photos taken after the Tokyo Raid on April 18, 1942. The left two photos feature pilots from that raid exchanging smiles and friendly words with Chinese soldiers, the top right shows Madame Chiang Kai-Shek decorating Doolittle, Col. John Hilger and Maj. Henry A. Potter, the bottom right shows a line-up of Doolittle and the crew of the bomber he flew during the raid posing alongside two unidentified Chinese men. Doolittle signs twice, across the two pictures in which he appears. Fine. The verso bears a printed description of all four photographs and indicates it is a ‘U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO’.
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JAMES H. DOOLITTLE

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