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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-41194

Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942

An Army Air Forces B-25B bombers awaits the takeoff signal on the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8), as the raid is launched, 18 April 1942.
Note Flight Deck Officer holding launch flag at right, and white stripes painted on the flight deck to guide the pilot's alignment of his plane's nose and port side wheels.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 120KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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21 February 2001