Pilot remembers famous 'Doolittle Raid'

During a past presentation on the Doolittle Raid, we measured out 467 feet to demonstrate the distance the first B-25 had to the end of the carrier deck to take-off. At 8:20 AM on April 18, 1942, the Hornet’s flight deck officer flagged Doolittle and Copilot Richard Cole to take off. With the 20 knot speed of the carrier and the 30 knot wind blowing directly down the deck, the B-25 made it off the carrier with feet to spare. At this point, the carrier was about 824 statute miles from the center

Take a moment to watch the historic footage of the Doolittle Raiders Mission and USS Hornet. On April 18, 1942 airmen of the US Army Air Forces, led by Lt. Col. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried the Battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, and Kobe. This heroic attack against these major cities was the result of coordination between the Army Air Forces and the U.S. Navy, which carried t