Robert C. Bourgeois

Info

Date of birth

09/28/1917

Date of death

11/13/2001

Place of birth

Lecompte, Louisiana, USA

Robert C. Bourgeois

Biography

Sgt. Bourgeois was a Doolittle Raider. He was the bombardier of the thirteenth B-25 to take off from the USS Hornet, April 18, 1924. He bombed his target, the dockyards of Yokohama, Japan. The aircraft then flew on to China where the entire crew successfully bailed out. Chinese partisans found and led them to safety.