Photo #: NH 53296
Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942
Army Air Forces B-25B bombers parked on the flight deck of USS
Hornet (CV-8), while en route to the mission's launching
point.
The plane in the upper right is tail # 40-2242, mission plane
# 8, piloted by Captain Edward J. York. Note use of the flight
deck tie-down strips to secure the aircraft. Location is near
the forward edge of the midships aircraft elevator.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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