Photo #: NH 53425
Doolittle Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942
USAAF B-25B bombers tied down on the flight deck of USS Hornet
(CV-8), while the carrier was en route to the mission's launching
point.
The plane in the center (second from the camera) is tail # 40-2283.
It was mission plane # 5, piloted by Captain David M. Jones,
which attacked targets in the Tokyo area.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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