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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
The Boeing RB-50B Superfortress was a four-engine, long-range reconnaissance aircraft used by the US Air Force during the Korean War. Late in World War Two the US Army Air Force began work on a larger B-29 with more powerful engines and an improved wing design. Originally developed with the designation B-29D, this was later designated the B-50. The first production aircraft flew on 25 June 1947.
The B-50 had four 3,500-hp engines giving it a maximum speed of 385 mph. It was armed with twelve 0.50-inch machine-guns and one 20mm cannon and could carry over 20,000 lbs. of bombs. Slightly over 350 B-50s were built, 44 of which were fitted for photographic reconnaissance and designated the RB-50B.
A handful of RB-50Bs were used for photographic reconnaissance during the last two years of the Korean War, serving with the USAF 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, Photographic.
With the advent of jet bombers, many of the B-50s were converted to KB-50 tankers, which remained in service with the US Air Force until the late 1960s.
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