Photo #: NH 53290
Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942
Two of the operation's sixteen USAAF B-25B bombers, parked on
the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8), while en route to
the mission launching point.
The plane at right has tail # 40-2282. It is mission plane #
4, piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Everett W. Holstrom, Jr. during
the raid, in which it attacked targets in Tokyo. Note protective
cover over its gun turret, and wooden dummy guns mounted in its
tail cone.
The plane at left is warming up its engines, as was done periodically
during the voyage.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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