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Griffin, Thomas Carson, Maj USAF(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Green Bay, Wisconsin
Last Address Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Passing Feb 26, 2013
Location of Interment Hillside Chapel - Cincinnati, Ohio
He was the navigator in crew #9 on the Doolittle Raid. He flew 1 more combat mission in Asia and later 19 more with the 438th Bomb Sq. in North Africa until he became a POW. His cremains rest at Hillside Chapel, Cincinnati, OH.
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 First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Thomas Carson Griffin (ASN: 0-377848), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Navigator 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. Lieutenant Griffin 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.
Division: Doolittle Tokyo Raider Force Crew #9 (Plane #40-2203, "Whirling Dervish", target Tokyo), 34th Bomb Sq. L-R:Lt. Thomas C. Griffin, navigator; Lt. Harold F. Watson, pilot; TSgt. Eldred V. Scott, flight engineer/gunner; Lt. James M. Parker Jr., copilot; Sgt. Wayne M. Bissell, bombardier. (U.S. Air Force photo)
