#Doolittle raid

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Doolittle raiders posing with B-25 Mitchell bomber 'Obliterators Excuse Please', China, 18 Sep 1942

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North American B-25 Mitchell 40-2344 Flown By Jimmy Doolittle Over Tokyo On April 18th, 1942.

➤DOOLITTLE RAID VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Z_yxkxJ1rgc

➤HD IMAGE: https://dronescapes.video/B25B

[theworldatwar]

US B-25B medium bombers line up on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Hornet in preparation for the Doolittle raid against Japan - April 1942

[usaac-official]

Aircrew #1 poses for a photo on the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8) before the Doolittle Raid.

2nd Lt. Henry A. "Hank" Potter, navigator; Lt. Col. James "Jimmy" Harold Doolittle, pilot; SSgt. Fred Anthony Braemer, bombardier; 2nd Lt. Richard E. Cole, co-pilot; SSgt. Paul John Leonard, engineer/gunner.

[rockyp77mk3]

2 April 1942.

The USS Hornet leaving San Franciso Bay with the US Army air corps bombers on her deck. Doolittle's Raiders on their way to Tokyo for our first strike back after Pearl Harbor.

[captain-price-unofficially]

B-25 Mitchell bombers aboard USS Hornet, Apr 1942

[carbone14]

Le Lieutenant-Colonel James Doolittle qui mena le raid sur Tokyo le 18 avril 1942 s'adresse aux ouvriers de la North American Aviation le 1er juin 1942 - Raid de Doolittle - Guerre du Pacifique

[stone-cold-groove]

North American Aviation of Kansas.

[67-romeo]

Doolittle Raider B-25 takes off from the USS Hornet enroute to bomb Tokyo.

[lonestarbattleship]

"USS HORNET (CV-8) and USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) underway during the Doolittle Raid, in April 1942. The photo was (obviously) taken after the U.S. Army Air Forces North American B-25 Mitchell bombers had taken off from Hornet, as aircraft of her own air group are now on deck."

The photo was taken from the heavy cruiser USS SALT LAKE CITY (CA-25).

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: 80-G-324201

[usafphantom2]

On this day in 1940, the North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft flew for the first time. The B-25 gained recognition during the famous Doolittle Raid in 1942.

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Major General James "Jimmy" Doolittle at Maison Blanch Airport. Algeria, 1943.

➤DOOLITTLE RAID VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Z_yxkxJ1rgc

➤HD IMAGE: https://dronescapes.video/B25B

[bignaz8]

On April 2 1942, the USS Hornet sets sail towards Japan with 16 modified B-25 bombers on its deck. These B-25s would soon be flown in one of the most memorable aviation-mission in history, the Doolittle Raid.

[usaac-official]

The US Navy blimp L-8 hovers over USS Hornet (CV-8) to deliver parts for the embarked B-25s. 4 April 1942

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Doolittle Raider Lt. Robert L. Hite, blindfolded by his captors, is led from a Japanese transport plane after he and seven fellow Raiders who had been captured after forced landings in China were flown from Shanghai to Tokyo. Hite was co-pilot of  “Bat out of Hell”.

After about 45 days in Japan, all eight were taken back to China by ship and imprisoned in Shanghai. On 15 October 1942 three were executed, one died in captivity. The four others, including Hite, were liberated on 20 August 1945.

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B-25s on the deck of USS Hornet as the retaliatory fleet makes its way to Japan. 18 April 1942