USS Hornet CV-8
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April 1942: USS Hornet CV-8 fighting heavy seas while en route to launch the Doolittle Raid on Japan.



April 1942: USS Hornet CV-8 fighting heavy seas while en route to launch the Doolittle Raid on Japan.



April 1942: USS Hornet CV-8 fighting heavy seas while en route to launch the Doolittle Raid on Japan.



April 1942: USS Hornet CV-8 fighting heavy seas while en route to launch the Doolittle Raid on Japan.



April 18, 1942: 08:20 Aircraft #1 (serial # 40-2244) piloted by Lt. Colonel James H. Doolittle takes off
from the USS Hornet CV-8 en route to bomb the Japanese mainland.





Special thanks to Fred Branyan for his assistance in providing information and most of the photographs for
these pages. Without Fred's help these pages would not be possible.


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