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This is probably of little help - I once asked a retired ships officer about the difference between a ship and a boat - His reply went something along the lines that ' A ship is a vessel that carries boats' - although he said it with a smile.
On the Doolittle raid I think it is recorded that several B25 crew members were captured by the Japs - of which several (3 I beleive) were executed by firing squad - Of others sentenced to life imprisonment 1 died of malnutrition in Jap prison.
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