DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 53295
Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942
Some of the mission's B-25B bombers parked on the flight deck
of USS Hornet (CV-8), while en route to the raid's takeoff
point.
Note use of the flight deck tie-down strips to secure the aircraft.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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