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The April 1942 air attack on Japan, launched from the aircraft carrier Hornet and led by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, ... Spurred by Combined Fleet commander Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, they also resolved to eliminate the risk of any more such raids by the early destruction of America's aircraft carriers,
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www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/misc-42/dooltl.htm
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Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942 --; Raiding Force B-25s on board USS Hornet ... The sixteen bombers employed on the Doolittle Raid were all B-25B models, third production version of North American Aviation's B-25 "Mitchell" medium bomber design. Delivered in 1941, these aircraft were stripped of some of their...
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Enterprise CV-6 is the flagship of TF-16, which launches the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April 1942 ... Enterprise (foreground) and Hornet race towards Japan prior to launching the Doolittle Raid.
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www.cv6.org/1942/doolittle/doolittle.htm
www.cv6.org/1942/doolittle/doolittle.htm
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The Doolittle Raid - America's first air raid over Japan ... The Doolittle raid's results ... Doolittle's first task was to select the right aircraft for the mission. A bomber capable of taking off from the very short runway of an aircraft carrier, carry 2000lb of bombs, and fly a very long range of 2400 nautical miles.
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www.2worldwar2.com/doolittle-raid.htm
www.2worldwar2.com/doolittle-raid.htm
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The Doolittle Raid: ... Third, it would make Japan think that the United States would attack again, so it would will keep many of its aircraft in Japan to protect it from future bombing raids.
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library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/doolittle_raid.htm
library.thinkquest.org/CR0215466/doolittle_raid.htm
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Welcome to the Doolittle Raid Remembered ... This website is intended to provide accurate information for persons interested in learning more about the men who took part in the Doolittle Raid as well as the equipment used and other related subjects. Various pages can be accessed from the navigation bar above.
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www.doolittleraid.com/
www.doolittleraid.com/
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After a short talk from Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, all people wishing to quit the mission could do so and not a word would be said about it. Not one person left the briefing room. Afterwards, the crews were given a small map detailing the target, but not on a large enough scale to give away the location.
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www.angelfire.com/ia/totalwar/DoolittleRaid.html
www.angelfire.com/ia/totalwar/DoolittleRaid.html
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Perhaps the best known American airman has been James H. ("Jimmy") Doolittle. This was due not only to his racing plane exploits and his "30 seconds over Tokyo," but also because he lived well into his nineties.
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A few weeks after the attack, Lt. Colonel James H. Doolittle presented his superiors with a daring and unorthodox plan. ... Fire Raids, 1945; The Battle of Berlin, 1945; The War Ends in Europe, 1945; London Celebrates VE Day, 1945; Berlin in Defeat, 1945; Germany in Defeat, 1945; The 1st Atomic Blast, 1945;
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www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/doolittle.htm
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/doolittle.htm
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