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The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II. It was the first American air operation to strike the Japanese archipelago. Although the raid caused comparatively minor damage, it ...
James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor. [1]
The unit formed to carry out the raid on Japan soon acquired the name, "Doolittle's Raiders", after their famous commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle. Staff Sergeant DeShazer was the bombardier of B-25 #16, the "Bat (Out of Hell)" , commanded by Lieutenant William G. Farrow, the last of the 16 B-25s to launch from the USS Hornet . [ 1 ]
An Army Air Force B-25 bomber takes off from USS Hornet at the start of the Doolittle Raiders attack on Japan on April 18, 1942. On Sept. 29, 1943, a remembrance stone in Duquette’s honor was ...
Click here for more news on AOL.com DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Known as the Doolittle Raiders, the 80 men who risked their lives on a World War II bombing mission on Japan after the attack on Pearl ...
He was one of five Doolittle Raiders who later became general officers; [7] the others are James H. Doolittle, John A. Hilger, Everett W. Holstrom, and Richard A. Knobloch. In 2002, Jones attended the 50th reunion of the 47th Bombardment Wing at RAF Sculthorpe. He presented the RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre with a photo of a B-45.
As a first lieutenant, Emmens joined the Tokyo mission just before the mission. he was a co-pilot on one of the 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers under the command of Colonel James H. Doolittle that were left the carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) to carry out the Tokyo raid on April 18, 1942. Emmens' B-25 was Serial 40-2242 and was the eighth one to take off.
A planned massive flyover along Okaloosa Island will commemorate World War II's Doolittle Raiders and honor the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force