The Doolittle Raiders didn't crash-land their B-25s. They had a pretty good documentary this weekend on The History Channel regarding what ACTUALLY happened at Pearl and on the Doolittle raid. When the raiders realized that they wouldn't make the landing site for refueling, Doolittle made the decision to bail out while they still had control over their aircraft. One man died due to a bad 'chute that didn't open and two died due to drowning while trying to struggle free of their gear and swim to shore. One crew disregarded this and landed in Soviet Russia and was interned for the duration of the war. Since the raiders were scattered over a wide area, it took several days to hook up and two crews ultimately wound up POWs of the Japanese. Of the two crews who were imprisoned by the Japanese, their surviving pilots and bombardiers (3 in all) were tried in a kangaroo war crimes court and sentenced to death (carried out by firing squad). Of the remaining POWs, one died of malnutrition and disease while a prisoner. The raiders were volunteers of a bomber squadron based in Pendleton, Oregon selected by Doolittle since they flew only the B-25. They were adressed by Doolittle in an auditorium, vice the high drama of the movie. Some very brave men, whose numbers are dwindling every day, who don't need their story told in a PC MTV fashion.