Chase J. Nielsen(1917-2007)
- Additional Crew
Lt. Nielsen was the navigator on the sixth B-25 of the Doolittle Raid,
Apr. 18, 1942. They bombed their target in Tokyo and flew on to crash
land on the Chinese coast. Two of the crew died in the landing and the
remaining three were quickly captured by Japanese troops. Lt. Nielsen
spent over three years as a POW in brutal conditions before being
rescued at the end of the war.