Image: Doolittle LtCol g41191

Description: LtCol James H. Doolittle, USAAF Doolittle Raid on Japan, April 1942 Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAF (front), leader of the raiding force, wires a Japanese medal to a 500-pound bomb, during ceremonies on the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8), shortly before his force of sixteen B-25B bombers took off for Japan. The planes were launched on 18 April 1942. The wartime censor has obscured unit patches of the Air Force flight crew members in the background.
Title: Doolittle LtCol g41191
Credit: Official U.S. Navy Photograph (Photo #: 80-G-41191) retrieved from the Naval Historical Center Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Rcbutcher using CommonsHelper. Original uploader was ERcheck at en.wikipedia 23 May 2006 (original upload date)
Author: US Navy
Permission: This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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License: Public domain
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