Thomas Macia, son of Doolittle Raider James Macia, carried an 84-page printed presentation during a recent visit to Shangrao in Jiangxi province and Quzhou in Zhejiang province, documenting how his father was rescued in China after the 1942 Doolittle Raid.

James Macia served as navigator and bombardier aboard Crew No 14 during the raid. The presentation, which Thomas Macia began compiling after a 2018 visit to China, contains historical photographs, correspondences, and information gathered from researchers in both China and the United States.

The material traces his father's route after the mission and documents many of the Chinese people who helped him and other crew members. During this year's visit, Thomas Macia also received new information about several Chinese people pictured with his father in a wartime photograph.

Thomas Macia carries a file detailing how Chinese people helped rescue his father after the 1942 Doolittle Raid. [Photo/Tide News]

Among the highlights of the trip was Thomas Macia's meeting with 94-year-old Guan Dongxiang in Shangrao. Guan appeared as a child in a 1942 photograph with Jack Sims, copilot of Crew No 14, who had been rescued with help from local residents.

Before leaving Quzhou, Thomas Macia and the other descendants received fragments recovered from the crash sites of the B-25 aircraft on which their fathers or grandfathers had served.

Thomas Macia plans to add photographs from the latest trip to the file, which has grown from 18 pages to 84.