THOUGHTS FROM THE FIELD
“December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy,” declared President Roosevelt in his speech following the attack on Pearl Harbor by the forces of Imperial Japan. The USA duly declared war on the Axis powers, and its first major action was a retaliatory raid on Tokyo by a. Having been promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general, Doolittle was posted to England where he commanded the heavy bombers of the Eighth Air Force. A keen Shot, Doolittle took advantage of his East Anglian posting to pursue his passion. The Elveden Estate’s wartime game records, kept by headkeeper Tom Turner, show that Doolittle was a regular Gun. On 1 October 1944, a team of six Guns, including Doolittle, walked-up a head of 52 birds. The General “only shoots winged game” Turner added in a side note.
