It began with the daring Doolittle Raid—but the B-25's legacy didn’t stop there. Outfitted with a tank-busting 75 mm cannon ...

Some eight decades after 16 bombers left the U.S. for a brazen bombing raid on Tokyo following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a small piece of wreckage from the squadron that became known as the ...

Jimmy Doolittle’s 1942 raid on Japan will also ... also has a collection of military weapons and aircraft, including a B-25 Mitchell bomber that has been in the park’s collection since the ...

A B-25 Mitchell takes off from the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet on its way to bomb Tokyo during the Doolittle Raid. [Courtesy: The Museum of the United States Air Force] Today marks 81 years since ...

Liu would reconnect with the Doolittle raiders at a reunion in 1948 and stay in touch with Hoover until Hoover died in 2004. Thompson said the B-25 in the park's collection was built as World War ...

THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE RAID, AN ENGINE PROBLEM ON PLANE 15 HAD JIMMY DOOLITTLE CONSIDERING PUSHING THE B-25 OFF THE HORNET TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY. BUT SAYLOR CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION -- BUILDING ...

Once Doolittle’s raid leaked out, it was a ray of much needed national hope. As the bombers left Japanese air space after the raid, none of the B-25’s had been brought down, several took hits ...

But the raiders stormed in and out of their target ... As he descended to the runway, Doolittle’s B-25 flashed by without firing a shot. The general’s aide reported that the plane was ...

The Doolittle Raid was the first major strike against the Japanese homeland in World War II. Launched on April 18, 1942, four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the mission saw 16 B-25 ...

A World War II bomber restored to honor a resident of Mobile, Alabama, who participated in Gen. Jimmy Doolittle’s 1942 raid on Japan will also honor Joplin’s late Col. Travis ...

Liu would reconnect with the Doolittle raiders at a reunion in 1948 and stay in touch with Hoover until Hoover died in 2004. The plane Thompson said the B-25 in the park's collection was built as ...