Following the daring and successful Doolittle Raid on Tokyo during World War 2, 16 American B-25 bombers continued on with ...

The B-25 takeoff was filmed by US military cameramen on the Hornet and on nearby ships. Their fellow Doolittle Raiders waited anxiously in the 15 B-25 bombers behind them. Hundreds of the Hornet ...

On April, 18 1942 16 B-25 bombers flew from the USS Hornet ... The best example remains the Doolittle Raid against Japan 65 years ago. Officially it was the First Special Aviation Project, a ...

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A B-25 Mitchell takes off from the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet on its way to bomb Tokyo during the Doolittle Raid. [Courtesy: The Museum of the United States Air Force] Today marks 81 years since ...

(WEAR) — The Doolittle Raid was a daring air strike on Tokyo that ... the National Naval Aviation Museum has created a special tribute. It's a B-25 bomber, restored as an exact replica of ...

Edward Saylor, one of the last survivors of the "Doolittle Raiders" who flew a daring ... aircraft carrier USS Hornet in their twin-engine B-25, said Brian Anderson of New Hampshire, a longtime ...

Legendary American airman Jimmy Doolittle led the raid, which ended for most with crash ... who has flown with Cole in a B-25 in recent years. “He has consistently been the most active because ...

The raid, with Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle in the lead plane ... “He figured everything out, including knowing that the B-25 was the only bomber that could take off from an aircraft carrier ...

80 men in 16 B-25 bombers took off on a secret mission to bomb Japan. Led by James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, they became known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders. On Saturday, three of the four remaining ...

Jimmy Doolittle’s 1942 raid on Japan will also ... also has a collection of military weapons and aircraft, including a B-25 Mitchell bomber that has been in the park’s collection since the ...