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Several years later, after the Doolittle Raid in World War II, Ted W. Lawson's name was added to the memorial at the field. The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, located on Ford Island, has on display a B-25 done in the livery of Lawson's aircraft from the Doolittle Raid. Military Awards
Aug 15, 2023 · The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, located on Ford Island, has on display a B-25 done in the livery of Lawson's aircraft from the Doolittle Raid. Chinese doctor Chen Shenyan and his father Chen Xingji participated in the treatment of the wounded.
Apr 16, 2017 · He died in 1992; she in 2009. Most of a small room at Chico Air Museum is dedicated to an exhibit on Jimmy Doolittle and Ted Lawson. There are confirmed reports that Doolittle’s Raiders...
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Bomber number seven (Ruptured Duck, number 40-2261) was piloted by Captain Ted W. Lawson, who wrote of his experiences in a best-selling book titled Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. This crew also bombed factories in Tokyo and ditched on the Chinese coast, suffering severe injuries.
Crew of 7th Aircraft - Plane # 40-2261 - "The Ruptured Duck" - Crew from 95th Squadron, 17th Group - (Crash landing - China coast) Ted Lawson and his crew successfully dropped their bombs on industrial factories in downtown Tokyo before withdrawing to fly on to China. Lawson was forced to ditch in the water just off the coastline and was ...
Lt. Ted W. Lawson ditched aircraft No. 7 in the East China Sea, a quarter of a mile offshore. His leg was badly injured in the crash and was amputated in China by Lt. Thomas R. White, a physician who volunteered for the mission and flew as a gunner on crew No. 15.
Apr 17, 2023 · Seriously injured 2nd Lt. Ted W. Lawson wrote a best-selling memoir of the raid. In 1944, it became the famous movie “Thirty Seconds over Tokyo.” Twenty-eight of the crewmen remained in the China Burma India Theater flying missions for more than a year.
