High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Ruptured Duck" was a North American Aviation B-25B Mitchell (S/N 40-2261), which was piloted by Lt. Ted W. Lawson from the 95th Bombardment Squadron, USAAC, during the Doolittle Raid on Japan commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle. After bombing Tokyo, Lawson ditched "The Ruptured Duck" in the sea near Shangchow, China. A different B-25 is on display at the Pacific Aviation Museum in the colors and livery of "The Ruptured Duck".After the attack on Pearl Harbor, a reprisal raid on Japan was approved. After considering other aircraft types, a total of 24 operational B-25B medium bombers were selected to undertake the raid.

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