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Signatures of Doolittle and Crew — Book and first day cover

Signatures of Doolittle and Crew — Book and first day cover

Updated on August 13, 2026: This has been sold.

A signed copy of Four Came Home: The Gripping Story of the Last Survivors of Doolittle’s Tokyo Raid by Carroll V. Glines, together with a 1944 first day cover signed by J. H. Doolittle. (Doolittle's signature does not appear on the page with signatures of many of the crew.)

The first day cover is for the new regular 8-cent air mail stamp, postmarked Washington, D.C., March 21, 1944. The cachet features Major General James H. Doolittle, a B-25 bomber, falling bombs, and the words “First Day of Issue.”

The first page of the book was signed by many of the men on the raid. Below, all of the crew. The signatures of the men in bold appear in the book.

If you wish to create a display you can frame, you might remove the page from the book, place the first day cover above it, and frame them like that.

Crew 1 through Crew 8 
  • Crew 1: Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle (Pilot), Lt. Richard E. Cole (Co-Pilot), Lt. Henry A. Potter (Navigator), SSgt. Fred A. Braemer (Bombardier), SSgt. Paul J. Leonard (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 2: Lt. Travis Hoover (Pilot), Lt. William N. Fitzhugh (Co-Pilot), Lt. Carl R. Wildner (Navigator), Lt. Richard E. Miller (Bombardier), SSgt. Douglas V. Radney (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 3: Lt. Robert M. Gray (Pilot), Lt. Jacob E. Manch (Co-Pilot), Lt. Charles J. Ozuk (Navigator), Sgt. Aden E. Jones (Bombardier), Cpl. Leland D. Faktor (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 4: Lt. Everett W. Holstrom (Pilot), Lt. Lucian N. Youngblood (Co-Pilot), Lt. Harry C. McCool (Navigator), Sgt. Robert J. Stephens (Bombardier), Cpl. Bert M. Jordan (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 5: Capt. David M. Jones (Pilot), Lt. Edward W. Pohl (Co-Pilot), Lt. Joe B. Manske (Navigator), Sgt. David J. Thatcher (Bombardier), SSgt. Jacob J. Emanual (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 6: Lt. Dean E. Hallmark (Pilot), Lt. Robert J. Meder (Co-Pilot), Lt. Chase J. Nielsen (Navigator), Sgt. William J. Dieter (Bombardier), Sgt. Donald E. Fitzmaurice (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 7: Lt. Lawson (Pilot), Lt. Davenport (Co-Pilot), Lt. Cleveland (Navigator), Sgt. Thatcher (Bombardier), Sgt. Saylor (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 8: Capt. Edward J. York (Pilot), Lt. Robert G. Emmens (Co-Pilot), Lt. Nolan H. Herndon (Navigator), Sgt. Theodore H. Laban (Bombardier), Sgt. David W. Pohl (Engineer/Gunner)
Crew 9 through Crew 16 
  • Crew 9: Lt. Harold F. Watson (Pilot), Lt. James M. Parker (Co-Pilot), Lt. Thomas C. Griffin (Navigator), Sgt. Eldred V. Scott (Bombardier), Sgt. Wayne B. Carricular (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 10: Lt. Richard O. Joyce (Pilot), Lt. J. Roy Stork (Co-Pilot), Lt. Howard A. Sessler (Navigator), Sgt. Edwin W. Horton (Bombardier), SSgt. George E. Larkin (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 11: Capt. C. Ross Greening (Pilot), Lt. Kenneth E. Reddy (Co-Pilot), Lt. Frank A. Kappeler (Navigator), Sgt. William L. Birch (Bombardier), Sgt. Reed W. Wall (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 12: Lt. Robert E. Withington (Pilot), Lt. George M. Dillard (Co-Pilot), Lt. Donald G. Smith (Navigator), Sgt. William R. Birch (Bombardier), Sgt. Melvin J. Gardner (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 13: Capt. Edgar E. McElroy (Pilot), Lt. Richard A. Knobloch (Co-Pilot), Lt. Clayton J. Campbell (Navigator), Sgt. Robert Bourgeois (Bombardier), Sgt. Adam R. Williams (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 14: Major John A. Hilger (Pilot), Lt. Jack L. Sims (Co-Pilot), Lt. James H. Macia (Navigator), Sgt. Jacob Eierman (Bombardier), Sgt. Vance Bain (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 15: Lt. Donald W. Smith (Pilot), Lt. G. P. Williams (Co-Pilot), Lt. H. H. Larsen (Navigator), Sgt. E. J. Saylor (Bombardier), Sgt. R. E. DeShazer (Engineer/Gunner) 
  • Crew 16: Lt. William G. Farrow (Pilot), Lt. Robert L. Hite (Co-Pilot), Lt. George Barr (Navigator), Cpl. Jacob DeShazer (Bombardier), Sgt. Harold A. Spatz (Engineer/Gunner)

Source for the crew: https://www.doolittle-raid.net/the-crews

Shipping: $15. Please allow two weeks for shipping.

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