Photo #: 80-G-41190 Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942 Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAF (left front), leader of the raiding force, talks with Captain Marc A. Mitscher, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Hornet (CV-8), on board Hornet sometime before the 18 April 1942 launch of the raiding airplanes. Members of the Army Air Forces flight crews, and the wing of one of their B-25B bombers, are in the background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 585 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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21 February 2001