Doolittle Raid Doctor
a firsthand account of bombing tokyo and escaping occupied china from flight surgeon "doc" white
$78.26
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
28 November 2025
Summary
Flight Surgeon Over Tokyo: The Untold Story of Doolittle Raider Dr. Thomas White
A previously unpublished first-person account of the Doolittle Raid, as told by Dr. Thomas Robert White, MD (1909-92), the flight surgeon on the number 15 plane.
Dr. White, a Harvard Medical School graduate and recipient of the Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross, meticulously documented the mission in a 40,000-word narrative. His account vividly portrays the bombing, the harrowing escape…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780764369896 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 076436989X |
| Author: | Maj. Thomas R. White, Gabrielle Adelman, John Fredrickson |
| Publisher: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 28 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 45g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Maj. Thomas R. White
Dr. Thomas White, MD, was born on Maui in 1909. Before entering the Army Air Corps, he studied at Caltech, Harvard Medical School, and Johns Hopkins. He served as the only flight surgeon on the Doolittle Raid. White departed military service in 1945 with the rank of major and as a recipient of the Silver Star and DFC. After the war, he practiced medicine in Hawaii and later in California, where he died in 1992.
John Fredrickson has authored five books on aviation history. Before he took up writing, Fredrickson worked at Boeing for 36 years. He is also a veteran of the US Air Force, with four years on active duty, including a tour in Vietnam, and 17 years in the reserves. He lives in Washington.
Gabrielle Adelman discovered her birth family in adulthood and was thrilled to find that her grandfather, Thomas White, was a Doolittle Raider. Furthermore, the family privately held his handwritten account. An honors graduate of Caltech, Gabrielle nurtured a string of start-up companies to success involving high tech, aviation, electric vehicles, and the performing arts. She is also a licensed flight instructor and rated airline transport pilot. She lives in the Bay Area.
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