Following the daring and successful Doolittle Raid on Tokyo during World War 2, 16 American B-25 bombers continued on with ...

The B-25 takeoff was filmed by US military cameramen on the Hornet and on nearby ships. Their fellow Doolittle Raiders waited anxiously in the 15 B-25 bombers behind them. Hundreds of the Hornet ...

Edward Saylor, one of the last survivors of the "Doolittle Raiders" who flew a daring ... aircraft carrier USS Hornet in their twin-engine B-25, said Brian Anderson of New Hampshire, a longtime ...

80 men in 16 B-25 bombers took off on a secret mission to bomb Japan. Led by James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle, they became known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders. On Saturday, three of the four remaining ...

Legendary American airman Jimmy Doolittle led the raid, which ended for most with crash ... who has flown with Cole in a B-25 in recent years. “He has consistently been the most active because ...

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 ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio – World War II era B-25 bombers have flown over an Ohio memorial service marking the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' attack on Japan, credited with helping turn the ...

1:15 p.m. - Spectators line the museum driveway for the “grand arrival” of the Doolittle Raiders. 2 p.m. - Memorial service in the the museum’s memorial park. 2:30 p.m. - B-25 flyover.