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Jimmy Doolittle

Jimmy Doolittle

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Nov 4, 2026

Sinisterhood

Sinisterhood

Episode 421: The Haunted Hahn Mansion - Part 1

Nov 4 · 1 Mention

Christy WallaceHOST
16:40
Fueled by high-grade illicit liquor, guests drank while racehorses roamed the front lawn.
Christy WallaceHOST
16:46
World War II aviator Lieutenant James Doolittle was among the notable guests at Hans Wilde Bashes, where a local pilot would even perform flybys over the lawn in his airplane.
Heather McKinneyHOST
16:56
Yeah, I mean, it's totally fun to have a cool military hero who I guess he was the head of some raid in World War II that it was like he was very well known.
Heather McKinneyHOST
17:04
So you're like, I got the famous guy at my party.
The Wry's the Limit

The Wry's the Limit

Secrets of Wyoming: Bone Wars, Balloon Bombs, and Yellowstone

Nov 4 · 1 Mention

Roland RamblerHOST
16:09
The program was born out of institutional embarrassment.
Roland RamblerHOST
16:13
In April 1942, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle had launched 16 Army B-25 bombers from the deck of the USS Hornet to strike targets in Tokyo.
Roland RamblerHOST
16:25
The raid inflicted modest physical damage, but it shattered the Japanese military's assumption that the home islands were out of reach.
Roland RamblerHOST
16:34
Lacking aircraft carriers to stage conventional counterstrikes, Japanese ordnance engineers devised an uncrewed, transoceanic alternative.
Scott Manley

Scott Manley

250 Years of American Aerospace Excellence!

Oct 29 · 1 Mention

Scott ManleyHOST
4:24
In 1918, the US Air Mail Service began, and it didn't just deliver letters.
Scott ManleyHOST
4:29
They developed navigation networks spanning the entire continent, and they developed instrument flying techniques that we still use today, thanks to pioneers like Jimmy Doolittle.
Scott ManleyHOST
4:39
And then came the rocket age.
Scott ManleyHOST
4:41
In 1926, Robert Goddard launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.
Battleground

Battleground

500. Empire of Ashes: The Final Months of the Pacific War and Today's Nuclear Risks

Oct 28 · 1 Mention

Top 20%
Saul DavidHOST
0:26
And of course, when we've dealt with that to discuss a little bit about the issue of nuclear proliferation today.
Saul DavidHOST
0:32
James is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Target Tokyo, Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid, The Avenged Pearl Harbor, Black Snow, Curtis LeMay, The Firebombing of Tokyo and The Road to the Atomic Bomb, Rampage and The War Below.
Saul DavidHOST
0:46
James, congratulations on your new book, Empire of Ashes, and welcome back to the podcast.
Saul DavidHOST
0:51
Hey, Saul.
Behind the Wings

Behind the Wings

The Last Marine Corps Harrier — Episode 81

Oct 26 · 1 Mention

Top 10%
Rick CrandallHOST
60:56
an orchestra to make it all work.
Rick CrandallHOST
60:59
I'm thinking, as you're explaining this whole thing, I'm thinking back to Jimmy Doolittle.
Rick CrandallHOST
61:03
I'm thinking, he had nothing.
Rick CrandallHOST
61:06
He had none of that.
The Naval Aviation Ready Room Podcast with Ryan Keys

The Naval Aviation Ready Room Podcast with Ryan Keys

From the Diamond to the Cockpit: The Ballplayers Who Flew into Combat

Oct 22 · 1 Mention

Tim KinsellaHOST
26:19
At Alameda, the Navy loaded 16 Army B-25 bombers onto the Hornet's flight deck, with their own airplanes parked below on the hangar deck.
Tim KinsellaHOST
26:28
On April 18, 1942, Jimmy Doolittle's raiders took off from that deck for Japan.
Tim KinsellaHOST
26:34
And on to history.
Tim KinsellaHOST
26:36
Six weeks later, Hornet was off midway.

Unknown podcast

Bob Hoover, the Shrike Commander, and the Airshow Legend Who Poured Iced Tea Through a Roll with Both Engines Dead

Oct 22 · 2 Mentions

Dale DragerHOST
0:28
Today I want to tell you about the man Neil Armstrong called the greatest stick and rudder man who ever lived.
Dale DragerHOST
0:33
The man Jimmy Doolittle, who had personally seen more talented aviators than most of us will ever read about, said was the finest pilot he had ever seen.
Dale DragerHOST
0:41
His name was Robert Anderson Hoover.
Dale DragerHOST
0:43
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11 MINS LATER

Dale DragerHOST
12:13
A quiet piece of proof that some things actually happened the way people say they did, Neil Armstrong said.
Dale DragerHOST
12:18
He was the greatest stick and rudder man who ever lived.
Dale DragerHOST
12:21
Jimmy Doolittle said he was the finest pilot he had ever seen.
Dale DragerHOST
12:24
Chuck Yeager said he was the best.
NaturallyScott

NaturallyScott

E83 Naturally Scott Adventures – Purple Martins: A Million Birds on Bomb Island 🐦🌅

Oct 22 · 2 Mentions

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Scott HarrisHOST
6:28
In World War II, once it started, when Pearl Harbor was bombed, we opened up the Columbia Army Air Base in Columbia, South Carolina.
Scott HarrisHOST
6:35
And James Doolittle... was running that.
Scott HarrisHOST
6:40
And you may know him because Doolittle was famous for the Doolittle Raiders.
Scott HarrisHOST
6:45
They're the ones that did the 1942 bombing run over Tokyo.
Scott HarrisHOST
6:49
So that was pretty significant.
Scott HarrisHOST
6:50
Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle.
Scott HarrisHOST
6:53
Now, What they did in the early days of World War II is they used Bomb Island as a primary target range.
Scott HarrisHOST
7:01
So they would get the big B-52s, they'd get the big bombers out there, and they'd fly over Bomb Island, see if they couldn't hit the target.
Late For Changeover

Late For Changeover

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Oct 21 · 5 Mentions

Eric PerronHOST
70:47
Yeah.
Marty SmithHOST
70:49
And if you'd have seen Jake in the desert with Jimmy, Jimmy Smith, and they would hit each other, you know, surprised.
Marty SmithHOST
70:57
Oh, my God.
Marty SmithHOST
70:58
A lot of unheralded history
Jake WallHOST
71:07
You
Marty SmithHOST
71:07
know, it was supposed to stretch your back, those kind of things.
Jake WallHOST
71:10
And if we rotated turns, so there was a code, like, so if I got Jimmy, I couldn't get Jimmy again until he got me back.
Eric PerronHOST
71:21
Fair enough.

Unknown podcast

The Granville Brothers Gee Bee Super Sportster, Jimmy Doolittle's Thompson Trophy Run, and the Fastest and Most Dangerous Racer of the Golden Age

Oct 20 · 1 Mention

Tail DraggerHOST
7:06
One pilot was reported to have stood next to the R1 on the ramp, studied it in silence for a long moment and said that he would rather keep flying next year than risk it in something that short in the tail.
Tail DraggerHOST
7:15
One pilot evaluated it and accepted the assignment anyway, Jimmy Doolittle.
Tail DraggerHOST
7:19
In September of 1932, Doolittle was 35 years old and already a legend, decorated officer, doctorate in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the first pilots to earn one.
Tail DraggerHOST
7:30
He'd set transcontinental speed records.

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