 Their mission would be to fly modified B-25 Mitchell bombers launched from an aircraft carrier to attack Japan.The unit formed to carry out the raid on Japan soon acquired the name, "Doolittle's Raiders", after their famous commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle.Staff Sergeant DeShazer was the bombardier of B-25 #16, the ""Bat (Out of Hell)"", commanded by Lieutenant William G. Farrow, the last of the 16 B-25s to launch from the USS "Hornet".