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 53420
Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942
USAAF B-25B bomber lines up for takeoff from USS Hornet
(CV-8), on the morning of 18 April 1942. Note white lines painted
on the flight deck, below the plane's nose and port side wheels,
to guide the pilot during his takeoff run.
This is the 3rd or 4th plane to be launched.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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