Japan had to commit war machinery to the home islands as a result.
Said to advance Japan’s plans to become embroiled in the Battle of Midway, with results favorable to US and Allies.
Of the captured airmen, 4 became POWs, another 4 died in captivity, and three were executed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid
Japan had to commit war machinery to the home islands as a result.
Yes and this was an important outcome from the raid, but the piercing of the psyche of the Japanese military and their leaders was of the highest importance not to mention the rallying effect it on our forces and nation.
To put it in perspective if I remember correctly we dropped approximately 1/1000th of the ordnance as a standard B-29 raid package put on Tokyo in a day at the end of the war.
As a former Army officer and student of military history it remains one of the greatest chapters in warfare in my humble opinion. Amazing men, an audacious plan and idea, and a huge rallying cry (like the Alamo) for a nation and military that desperately needed one.
There is a tribute listing all the Raiders names inside the hanger deck on the USS Yorktown CV-10 at Patriot’s Point across from Charleston, SC.