NOTED FLYER
IMPRESSIVE RECORD
Many Aviation Distinctions Won By Brigadier Doolittle
Brigadier-General James H. Doolittle, born in Alameda, California, in 1896, was a U.S.A. Army aviator from 1917 to 1930, when he resigned and was transferred to the Reserve Corps with the rank of major. He
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 20 May 1942, Page 7
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165NOTED FLYER Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 20 May 1942, Page 7
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