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. |