LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES H. DOOLITTLE, USAFR

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2006
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• Publication Date: January 1, 1954
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LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES H. DOOLITTLE, USAFR
James Harold Doolittle was barn in Alamada, Galifornia, December 1~.,
1$96. He was educated in Nome, Alaska; Las Angeles Jr, College; and spent
three years at the University of California School of Mines.
Enlisting as a F3.ying Cadet in the Signal Corps Reserve October 6,
1917, General Doolittle was assigned to the School of Military Aeronautics
at the University of California, and upon completion of that course went
to Rockwell Field, California, for further training. He was commissioned
a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps Reserve, Aviation Section,
March 11, 1918.
During 1918 General Doolittle served at Camp Dick, Texas; Wright
Field, Ohio, Gerstner Field, Louisiana;. and as flight and gunnery
instructor at Rockwell Field, and in July 1919 he was assigned to the
10ltth Aero Squadron at Kelly Field, Texas. That October 9th he was
transferred to the 90th Aero Squadron at Eagle Pass, Texas, for border
patrol duty.
On July 1, 1920, General Doolittle was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Regular Army, Air Service; was promoted to first
lieutenant; and entered the Air Service Mechanical School, at Kelly Field,
In August 1922 he was sent to the Aviation Engineering School at McCook
Field, Ohio. That Septe tuber ~.-and 5 he made the first cross-country
flight, from Pablo Beach, Florida, to San Diego, California, with one
stop, which brought him international fame, Alsa during 1922 he was
awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California.
Entering Massachusetts Institute of Technology for special
engineering courses in July 1923, General Doolittle was graduated in
192l~ with the degree of Master of Science, and the following year was
awarded the degree of Doctor of Science. During March 192. he also
served temporarily at McCook Field conducting aircraft acceleration
tests, Returning to McCook Field in June 192,x, he was sent to the
Naval Air Station at Washington, D. C. that August for special training
in flying high speed seaplanes. During that assignment he served for
a short period at Mitchell Field, New York, with the Joint Army Navy
Test Board,
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Granted a Leave of absence in April 1926, General Doolittle went to
South America. on airplane demonstration flights. After his return to the
United States he was in Walter Reed General Hospital until April 192?,
when he was again assigned to McCook Field for experimental work znd
additional duty as instructor with the Organized Reserves of the Fifth
Corps Area 385th Bomb Squadron. In January 1925 he made flights in South
America, which were arranged by the Department of the Army, Navy, State,
and Commerce.
Returning to Mitchell Field in September 192$, General Doolittle
directed the development of fog flying equipment. During this assignment
the now almost universally used artificial horizontal and directional
gyroscopes were developed and the first flight completely by instruments
was accomplished. On January 20, 1930, he was named advisor far the
Army on the building of the Floyd Bennett airport in New York City.
General Doolittle resigned his Regular Army commission February 1S, 1930.
Ori March 5, 1930, General Doolittle was commissioned a major,
Specialist, in the Officers Reserve Corps, and during that year he made
several instrument flying experiments. He was then named manager of the
Aviation Department, Shell Oil Company, and in that capacity conducted
numerous aviation tests, At various times he went on active duty with
the Army to conduct tests, and in 1932 set the world's high speed record
for land planes. In April 1934 he was appointed a member of the Army
Board to study Air Carps organization, and a year later he was trans-
ferred to the Air Corps Reserve. General Doolittle became President
of the Institute of Aeronautical Science in 1940.
Ordered to active duty July 1, 1940, General Doolittle was
Assistant District Supervisor of the Central Air Corps Procurement
District at Indianapolis Indiana, moving to Detroit, Michigan, in that
capacity November 16, 190, where he worked with the large automobile
manufacturers on the conversion of automobile plants to airplane parts
manufacturing plants. The following August he went to England as a
member of a special mission. Qn January 9, 1942, he was assigned to
Army Air Force headquarters in Washington, D. C,
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General Doolittle led the first aerial raid on the Japanese mainland
on April 18, 1942. That July he joined the Eighth .Air Force in England,
and the following September assumed command of the 12th Air Force in North
Africa. In March 1943 he became commanding general of the 15th Air Force
in the Mediterranean Theater, and from .Tanuary 1, 1944 to September 1945
he commanded the Eighth Air Force in the European and Facific Theaters,
On May 10, 1946, he reverted to inactive reserve status.
Returning to the Shell Oil Company, General Doolittle was made a
vice-president and director. In March 1951 he was appointed a Special
Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force at Washington, D. C.,
in a civilian status.
His decorations include the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service
Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross
with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star, and the Air Medal with three
Oak Leaf Clusters. General Doolittle has also been awarded the British
Order of the Bath (Knight Commander;) French Legion of Honor (Grand
Officer;) Belgian Order of the Crown (Grand Officer} and Croix de Guerre
with Palm; Polish Order of Restoration of Poland; Chinese Yun-Hwei
{Class III;} Bolivian Order of the Condor Medal; and Ecuadorean Abdon
Calderon (First Class.) His trophies include the Schneider and Mackay
Trophies of 1925; the Harmon Trophy in 1930; the Bendix Trophy in 1931;
and the Thompson Trophy in 1932.
General Doolittle and his wife, Josephine, have two children,
James H~, Jr., and John P., both in the Air Farce.
Commissioned a second lieutenant (BERG} March 11, 1918; second
lieutenant (Regular Army) July 1, 1920; to first lieutenant (permanent}
July 1, 1920; resigned February 15, 1930. Major {Specialists Reserve)
March ~, 1930; transferred to Air Corps Reserve April 4, 1935; promoted
to lieutenant colonel (temporary) January 2, 1942; to brigadier general
(temporary) lipril 28, 1942; to major general (temporary) November 20,
1942; to lieutenant general (temporary) March 13, 1944; to brigadier
general (Regular Army) May 1, 1946; resigned July 1946.
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C O N F I D E N T I A L
J. PATRICK GC}YNE
Mr. Goyne was born in Goxtcord, Massachusetts, in 1417. He was
educated at Amherst College, Davenport, Iowa; Catholic Universityy
and George Washington University Law School. From 1940 to 1945 he
was with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with which he served
as Chief of the Internal Securittiy Section.
From 1948 to present he has been advisor on internal security
to the National Security Council. His office is Room 386, Old State.
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