Bound for Tokyo, Lieutenant Colonel
Jimmy Doolittle launches his B-25 Mitchell from the heaving deck
of the carrier USS Hornet on the morning of 18 April, 1942. Leading
a sixteen-bomber force on their long distance
one - way mission, the Doolittle Raiders completed the first
strike at the heart of Imperial Japan since the infamous attack
on Pearl Harbour four months earlier. Together, they completed
one of the most audacious air raids in aviation history. - Signed
by five of the Doolittle Raiders. |