Of the Raiders, eight were captured and three executed. A fourth died in captivity.
After rescue, he returned to planes and saw action in North Africa where he was shot down and spent nearly two years in a German prison camp.
His death comes less than two months before the final Doolittle Reunion in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, April 17-21. He took part in last year's 70th Anniversary Reunion at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.
A goblet with his name on it will be turned upside-down this April at a private ceremony at the reunion.
What a Life Mr. Griffin Led. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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