Ruptured Duck
by Tommy Anderson
Title
Ruptured Duck
Artist
Tommy Anderson
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art
Description
This is the original artwork of Tommy Anderson of the B-25B "Ruptured Duck" Serial Number 40-2261
This aircraft was built by North American. It was assigned to the 17th Bombardment Group, 95th Bombardment Squadron. This B-25B was nicknamed "Ruptured Duck" with nose art of Disney Donald Duck character with crossed crutches. It was one of sixteen B-25's assigned to the "Doolittle Raid". The Ruptured Duck took off from the USS Hornet (CV-8) as part of the "Doolittle Raid".
This B-25 took off as aircraft number seven. Over the target, this B-25 dropped three demolition bombs and one incendiary bomb on an industrial section of Tokyo. After the raid on Tokyo, this bomber had to ditch in the China Sea west of Shangchow, China also on April 18, 1942 . The crew members were badly injured, three injured, one slightly injured took to the life raft. Thatcher was only slightly injured and swam back to the wreck to get the medical kit from inside.
Chinese fishermen were persuaded by Thatcher to carry his injured crew mates to temporary safety. Then for three days Chinese fishermen were forced or persuaded by him to carry the injured crew members over difficult mountainous terrain for medical treatment. All the crew was saved from capture as a result of Thatcher's leadership.
The Aircraft was crewed by
Pilot Lt. Ted W. Lawson,
Co-Pilot Lt. Dean Davenport,
Navigator Lt. Chas. L. McClure,
Bombardier Lt. Robert S. Clever,
Engineer Sgt. David J. Thatcher
All crewmembers were wounded in action with Lt. Ted Larson losing his leg. Lt. Larson went on to serve in the USAAF and rose to the rank of Major. After the war Major Larson wrote the book 30 seconds over Tokyo.
This was created with DAZ-3D, Adobe Photoshop, Topaz Impressionism, and Adobe Lightroom.
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October 20th, 2014
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