Everett Wayne Holstrom (4 May 1916 – 2 December 2000) was a United States Army Air Forces bomber pilot and participant of the Doolittle Raid during World War II.

[4] After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the 17th BG immediately began anti-submarine patrols off the coast of Oregon and Washington.

According to the United States Department of War, Holstrom was credited in destroying the first Japanese submarine off the mouth of Columbia River on December 25, 1941.

Running low on fuel due to the early launch of the raid, the B-25s failed to reach any of the designated safety zones in China.

After evading Japanese patrols from three days, they were escorted by Chinese guerillas to Chungking, where Holstrom and other bomber crews were decorated by Madame Chiang Kai-shek on April 30.

After holding commands of the 816th and 12th Strategic Aerospace Divisions, his final assignment was with NATO at Mons, Belgium, where he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States for the secret planning group LIVE OAK.

[8][11] His awards include:[4][1] His Distinguished Flying Cross citation reads: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain (Air Corps) Everett Wayne Holstrom, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Pilot of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force), while participating in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland on 18 April 1942.

Captain Holstrom with 79 other officers and enlisted men volunteered for this mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely remote, and executed his part in it with great skill and daring.