The amazing story of one of the greatest fighting airmen of World War II. James H Doolittle - leader of the Tokyo Raid and commander of `The Mighty Eighth.' He made the first transcontinental flight that took less than 24 hours; he was the first American to fly the Andes; he received one of the first PhDs in aeronautical engineering. He worked on techniques and instruments for blind flights, and for longer and faster ones; and he won countless awards for his breathtaking stunt flying. By the end of World War II, Doolittle was a three-star lieutenant general respected by Eisenhower and Churchill for his ideas on military air strategy. Above all, it was his vitality that attracted the attention of businessmen, military personnel and flying buffs, a spirit he sustained into old age...