What happened to the American Doolittle pilots who landed in Russia (Soviet Union)?

controversy surrounding Plane No. 8, which landed in the Soviet Union, never has been put to rest. The plane was the only one of 16 B-25s to stray from its orders to fly to China after bombing Japan. Jimmy Doolittle specifically had told the Raiders not to fly to Russia.

Of the 80 crew members, 77 survived the mission. Eight airmen were captured by Imperial Japanese Army troops in Eastern China; three were later executed.

Jimmy Doolittle, thundered into the skies over Tokyo and other key Japanese industrial cities in a surprise raid designed to avenge the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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