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LT. COLONEL CHASE J. NIELSEN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 276472

Photograph of the Raider, who had been the navigator of Plane #6, as a Japanese Prisoner of War. Photograph signed: "Chase J. Nielsen/Navigator Crew #6/Doolittle Tokyo Raid/18 April 1942". B/w, 4¾x6¼.

Sale Price $225.00

Reg. $280.00

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DOOLITTLE'S RAIDERS: CHASE J. NIELSEN
Photograph of the Raider, who had been the navigator of Plane #6, as a Japanese Prisoner of War.
Photograph signed: "Chase J. Nielsen/Navigator Crew #6/Doolittle Tokyo Raid/18 April 1942". B/w, 4¾x6¼. Led by James "Jimmy" Doolittle, 80 men on 16 B-25 bombers took off from the carrier USS Hornet on April 18, 1942. The raid, which marked the first time fully loaded bombers took off from an aircraft carrier, was in retaliation for Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. "Doolittle's Raiders" hit targets in Tokyo, Yokohama and other cities and scored a huge victory for U.S. morale at a time when Japan's position in the Pacific seemed impregnable. Crew #6 had the highest casualty rate of any plane on the mission. Two crewmen drowned when the plane, out of fuel, ditched in the ocean. The survivors were captured by the Japanese, and only Nielsen (1917-2007), who was tortured and subjected to mock execution, survived the war. He remained in the Air Force, retiring in 1961 as a Lieutenant Colonel, and then had a successful second career as an industrial engineer. Minor surface smudges (not evident head on). Fine condition.

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