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The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II. It was the first American air operation to strike the Japanese archipelago. Although the raid caused comparatively minor damage, it ...
Doolittle was asked to serve as the first NASA administrator, but he turned it down. [43] Doolittle retired from Air Force Reserve duty on February 28, 1959. He remained active in other capacities, including chairman of the board of TRW Space Technology Laboratories. Doolittle Drive at TRW's Space Park was named in his honor.
Edward Joseph York (August 16, 1912 – August 31, 1984) was a United States Air Force colonel.A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he was one of the airmen who took part in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan, during World War II, on April 18, 1942.
WWII battle stars: 15 (tied) Type: Light cruiser Class: Atlanta-class Year entered service: 1942 Personnel: 796 USS San Diego was the third of eight Atlanta-class light cruisers, designed to ...
The Enemy Airmen's Act was a law passed by Imperial Japan on 13 August 1942 which stated that Allied airmen participating in bombing raids against Japanese-held territory would be treated as "violators of the law of war" and subject to trial and punishment if captured by Japanese forces.
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Captain (Air Corps) Everett Wayne Holstrom, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Pilot of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force ...
A planned massive flyover along Okaloosa Island will commemorate World War II's Doolittle Raiders and honor the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force
The air raid, which came to be called the Doolittle Raid, after Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle, took place on April 18, 1942. [1] Bower piloted one of the sixteen B-25B Mitchell medium bombers that took off from the USS Hornet to attack cities on Honshu. [2] Bower and his five-member crew bombed the city of Yokohama during the raid. [1]