The Failure Of James Doolittle

Following the raids and successfully bailing out and landing somewhere in China, James Doolittle was heartbroken. He thought the mission was a complete failure. He had lost all of his airplanes and had no idea where any of his men were. He thought that he would be court martialed due to the failed mission. Over the next few days the Chinese would keep the Americans on the move and out of reach of the Japanese Army patrolling the area. Doolittle was eventually reunited with most of his crews in China and realized the mission was in fact a great success. Most of the B-25 Crews made it safely to China, but some were not so fortunate. All but 3 of the 80 crew members initially survived the mission. 8 were then captured by the Japanese