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Mar 14, 2024 · 18 April 1942. 80-G-41196. An Army Air Force B-25B bomber takes off from Hornet at the start of the raid, 18 April 1942. Conceived in January 1942 in the wake of the devastating Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the “joint Army-Navy bombing project” was to bomb Japanese industrial centers, to inflict both “material and ...
Doolittle Raid, Surprise attack on Tokyo by U.S. bombers in 1942 during World War II. After Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt demanded that the U.S. military find a way to strike back directly at Japan. The only possible method was with carrier-borne aircraft, but standard naval planes had too short a range ...
Apr 15, 2020 · The Doolittle Raid occurred just days after the fall of Bataan in the Philippines, the crowning catastrophe in a string of demoralizing defeats spanning Pearl Harbor to the Dutch East Indies. It delivered a desperately needed booster shot of morale to the American people, as well as an aerial antidote to the virulent “victory disease” that ...
All 80 raiders received the Distinguished Flying Cross for the Doolittle Raid. The raid had an impact far greater than its small size might indicate. It had so incensed the Japanese military that Japan diverted resources to China to seek out the surviving raiders, and killed some 250,000 Chinese people in retaliation.
Apr 15, 2015 · At midday on April 18, 1942, 16 U.S. Army bombers, under the command of daredevil pilot Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, thundered into the skies over Tokyo and other key Japanese industrial cities in a...
Jul 3, 2019 · World War II: Doolittle Raid. B-25 Mitchell launching from USS Hornet (CV-8). US Naval History and Heritage Command. By. Kennedy Hickman. Updated on July 03, 2019. The Doolittle Raid was an early American operation during World War II (1939-1945) that was conducted on April 18, 1942.
Apr 14, 2017 · Doolittle spotted his target—a large munitions factory—and pulled up to 1,200 feet to reach bombing altitude. The bombardier dropped four incendiaries, setting the factory ablaze.
