This Day in Aviation History By John Lackey
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On April 18,1942 Lt Col James Doolittle led the first air raid against the Japanese homeland. Sixteen USAAC B-25B’s took off from the deck of the USS Hornet to strike industrial targets in Japan.

Blue Hour B-25
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B-25, Wild Cargo, in evening light at the Military Aviation Museum.

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