Royden Stork
We had 16 crews that were assigned to the raid,
Of Japan, ‘cos of Pearl Harbour where we got laid;
We prepared on Egland Field for the aircraft carrier,
And didn’t believe a B-25 could take off the warrior.
We speculated that we headed for Japan, their deserve,
And the second day we were on the carrier, did serve,
We began to have meetings and be drilled to attack,
To implement the Doolittle Raid to get them back.
Was I scared? Well no, I was ready for it, was waiting,
And that taking off morning was a benefit according,
But when we took off, I immediately let off and said,
“My God, we did it, we did it,” and it was a fine bed.
The B-25’s were truly amazing, popping into the air,
And we just knew they could do it, fly off a carrier,
And the navigator sent us on our way to the target,
A Japanese chemical factory, big and was a magnet.
Our assignment was to fly 50 miles out to the sea,
Then parallel to the Japanese mainland, then definitely,
South and then fly west, which would take much gas,
So we just had to hope for a strong wind our way to pass.
It did, and I consider myself as a lucky guy, got out,
‘Cos other pilots didn’t, only got ten miles inland, were out,
They were captured and never came back to tell their story,
Whilst I seem to have admiration and to get all the glory.
I just did my best, the best that I possibly could,
Those guys are just as much of a hero, understood,
I graduated with many from a US flying school,
To do with major league in England, a death pool.
Copyright © Dominique Webb | Year Posted 2015
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