Photo #: NH 53424
Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942
USAAF aircrewmen preparing .50 caliber machine gun ammunition
on the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8), while the carrier
was steaming toward the mission's launching point.
Ammunition box in center is marked "A.P. M2, Incndy. M1,
Trcr. M1", indicating the ammunition types inside: armor
piercing, incendiary and tracer.
Note wooden flight deck planking, with metal aircraft tiedown
strips in place of every eighth plank.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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