Jimmy Doolittle
Toronto Daily Star, October 29 1931
Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993) went on to become an Army Air Force general and is widely considered one of the greatest pilots of all time. He was honoured as a war hero during the Second World War after the Doolittle Raid, which was a retaliatory bombing attack on the Japanese main islands that took place four months after Pearl Harbor. He became a member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1967.
He married his wife, the former Josephine Daniels, in 1917. They remained together until she passed away in 1988.
Created September 10, 2025.