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AAF Tail#40-2268 Take Off Order 16 Target: Kobe, Japan
Jacob Deshazer was one of the 80 airmen who, under the leadership of Jimmy Doolittle, disembarked from the U.S.S. Hornet in the first bombing raid over Tokyo in World War II. He was captured by the Japanese and held as a Prisoner of War, surviving extreme torture until his release on August 20, 1945.
Pilot
Lt.
William G. Bill Farrow
Darlington, SC
POW/KIA*
Oct 15, 1942
Co-Pilot
Lt.
Robert L. Hite
Odell, TX
POW1
Navigator
Lt.
George Barr
Brooklyn, NY
POW1
Jul 12, 1967
Bombadier
Cpl.
Jacob Daniel DeShazer
West Stayton, OR
POW1
Mar 15, 2008
Eng/Gunner
Sgt.
Harold A. Spatz
Lebo, KS
POW/KIA*
Oct 15, 1942
Other Comments:
Distinguished Flying Cross
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Corporal Jacob Daniel Deshazer (ASN: 6584514), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Bombardier of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force), while participating in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland on 18 April 1942. Corporal Deshazer with 79 other officers and enlisted men volunteered for this mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely remote, and executed his part in it with great skill and daring. This achievement reflects high credit on himself and the military service.
