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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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