Photo #: NH 53426
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. View looks aft from the rear of Hornet's island.
The plane in the foreground is tail # 40-2203 (mission plane
# 9). Partially visible at far right is tail # 40-2250 (mission
plane # 10). Piloted respectively by Second Lieutenants Harold
F. Watson and Richard O. Joyce, these B-25s attacked targets
in the Tokyo area.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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