Doolittle, James
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Birthname | James Harold Doolittle | ||||
born on | 14 December 1896 at 16:25 (= 4:25 PM ) | ||||
Place | Alameda (Alameda County), California, 37n46, 122w14 | ||||
Timezone | PST h8w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American military air force four-star general, aeronautical engineer, scientist, boxer, stunt pilot and Vice-president of Shell Oil Co.
He was the first to fly coast-to-coast in under 24 hours, the first to fly "blind," relying only on instruments, and he was the man to lead the carrier based attack on Tokyo on 18 April 1942. He and his raiders bombed five Japanese cities in broad daylight. Though damage was minimal, the attack was later immortalized in the movie "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo."
A scrappy 5' 6", Doolittle taught cadets during WW I, then performed aerial stunts and set speed records as an Army test pilot, while earning a PhD in aeronautical engineering from MIT.
He and his wife Josephine had two sons.
He died at his son's home in Pebble Beach, California on 27 September 1993, aged 96, a few weeks after a stroke.
Relationships
- role played of/by Tracy, Spencer (born 5 April 1900). Notes: 1944 film "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
Events
- Work : Prize 1942 (Led air attack over Tokyo)
Source Notes
Sabian Symbols No.285
Categories
- Traits : Body : Size (5' 6")
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 96)
- Vocation : Business : Top executive
- Vocation : Engineer : Aerospace
- Vocation : Military : Honors
- Vocation : Military : Military career
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Military figure)
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- 1896 births
- Birthday 14 December
- Birthplace Alameda (Alameda County), CA (US)
- Sun 23 Sagittarius
- Moon 26 Aries
- Asc 18 Gemini
- 1993 deaths
- Traits : Body : Size
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs
- Vocation : Business : Top executive
- Vocation : Engineer : Aerospace
- Vocation : Military : Honors
- Vocation : Military : Military career
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book