Photo #: NH 53421
Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942
View looking aft from the island of USS Hornet (CV-8),
while en route to the mission's launching point. USS Nashville
(CL-43) is in the distance.
Eight of the mission's sixteen B-25B bombers are visible on the
carrier's flight deck. Aircraft at right is tail # 40-2250, which
was mission plane # 10, piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Richard O.
Joyce, which attacked targets in the Tokyo area.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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