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Contact Info
Home Town Cottage Grove and/or Pleasant Hill, Oregon
Last Address Carmel, California
Date of Passing Dec 02, 2000
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates Columbarium, Section 6-T, Row 9, Site 3
He was the pilot in crew #4 on the Doolittle Raid.
His DFC citation: Awarded for actions during World War II
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 Captain (Air Corps) Everett Wayne Holstrom (ASN: 0-397395), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Pilot 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. Captain Holstrom 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. Action Date: April 18, 1942 Service: Army Air Forces Rank: Captain Company: 1st Special Aviation Project Division: Doolittle Tokyo Raider Force
Crew #4: (Plane 40-2282, target Tokyo.). 95th Bomb Sq. L-R: Lt. Harry C. McCool (navigator), Cpl. Bert M. Jordan (gunner), Lt. Everett W. Holstom (pilot), Sgt. Robert J. Stephens (bombardier), Lt. Lucian N. Youngblood (co-pilot). (USAF photo)
Aircraft/Missile Information
One B-29-BW (42-6412) was fitted with special camera installations for photographic reconnaissance work and redesignated F-13 (in the F- for photo reconnaissance series). The standard bombing equipment and defensive armament were retained.
An additional 117 B-29-BWs and B-29As were similarly modified as F-13 and F-13A to carry three K-17B, two K-22 and one K-18 cameras with provisions for others.
In 1948, the F-13s were redesignated RB-29 and RB-29A.
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