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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-41196 Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942 An Army Air Force B-25B bomber takes off from USS Hornet (CV-8) at the start of the raid, 18 April 1942. Note men watching from the signal lamp platform at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

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