Jimmy Doolittle Autographs
James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor. He made early coast-to-coast flights and record-breaking speed flights, won many flying races, and helped develop and flight-test instrument flying. According to the US FAA, he was the first pilot ever to perform a successful instrument flight.
Doolittle grew up in Nome, Alaska. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1922. That year, he made the first cross-country flight in an Airco DH.4, and in 1925, was awarded a doctorate in aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the first such doctorate degree issued in the United States. In 1927, he performed the first outside loop, thought at the time to be a fatal aerobatic maneuver, and two years later, in 1929, pioneered the use of "blind flying", where a pilot relies on flight instruments alone, which later won him the Harmon Trophy and made all-weather airline operations practical.
Doolittle was a flying instructor during World War I and a reserve officer in the United States Army Air Corps, but was recalled to active duty during World War II. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for personal valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid, a bold long-range retaliatory air raid on some of the Japanese main islands on April 18, 1942, four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The raid used 16 B-25B Mitchell medium bombers with reduced armament to decrease weight and increase range, each with a crew of five and no escort fighter aircraft. It was a major morale booster for the United States and Doolittle was celebrated as a hero, making him one of the most important national figures of the war.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Doolittle (**SIGNED BY 28** WWII JIMMY DOOLITTLE B-25 DOOLITTLE RAID ON TOKYO) was sold in May 2025 for $1,200.00 while the cheapest item (DAVID THATCHER SIGNED QUESTIONNAIRE JIMMY DOOLITTLE TOYKO RAIDERS WORLD WAR VET) found a new owner for $0.59 in June 2016. The month with the most items sold (15) was June 2025 with an average selling price of $159.00 for an autographed item of Jimmy Doolittle. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2021 with $399.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was August 2008. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Doolittle is worth $85.00.
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Latest News about Jimmy Doolittle
The Doolittle Raid: How America Crafted the Plan To Avenge Pearl Harbor (02/03/2019): The idea for the Doolittle Raid came about at a Norfolk training area and a discussion between Captain Francis Low and Admiral Ernest J. King of the U.S. Fleet. The stunning story of the Doolittle Raid on Japan (05/02/2015): Vick Mickunas "Book Nook": “Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor.” 
Doolittle Raider presents medal to Air Force Museum (04/19/2015): Seventy three years to the day after Richard E. Cole sat next to legendary airman Jimmy Doolittle on a bombing run against Japan, the 99-year-old World War II aviator presented the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the historic raid to the National Museum of the U. Alameda: City recognizes World War II aviator Jimmy Doolittle (12/17/2014): The City Council proclaimed Dec. 14 as "General Jimmy Doolittle and the Doolittle Raiders Day" in the city of Alameda. Event to raise funds for Jimmy Doolittle Center at Nut Tree (08/02/2014): The 4th Annual Stars and Stripes Salute to Doolittle will be held from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.
Older News Stories about Jimmy Doolittle
100-year-old former pilot remembers his flight with Jimmy Doolittle (05/2013): Other veterans honored during the festival included Shiro "Jug" Takeshita, who served with the U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II, and Richard Hum, who briefed President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile crisis while serving as a U.S. Air Force colonel. New CEO for Jimmy Doolittle museum team (01/2013): Brian McInerney has joined the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum team as CEO, a new position established to support the overall direction of the ambitious project, the Foundation board announced recently. Who’s your cousin? General Jimmy Doolittle is mine (12/2012): Posted Dec. 22, 2012, at 6:14 p.m. A recent question from a Family Ties reader got me to thinking about “cousinships.” Everyone has his own way of figuring out what degree of cousin we may be to someone, and whether that relationship may be “once removed,” “twice removed,” and so on. Dinner in Vacaville to benefit Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum (11/2012): A benefit to raise funds to bring the Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum to Vacaville will be held Saturday at the Nut Tree Airport. Jimmy Doolittle Raid to be re-created in Brockport (09/2012): On the 70th anniversary of the Jimmy Doolittle Raid on Toyko, Jack Kowiak will re-create the story at the Brockport's Morgan-Manning House, 151 Main St., on Thursday, October 4.
