On 18 April 1942, sixteen 17th Bomber Group B-25 Mitchell aircraft took off from USS Hornet (CV-8) to bomb targets in Japan. The aircraft were commanded by Lt. Col. James ÒJimmyÓ H. Doolittle, USAAF. Hornet, commanded by Capt.
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