On this day in 1942, sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers launched from the deck of USS Hornet, destination Tokyo. The surprise attack led by Lt Col Doolittle was a direct answer to the attack on Pearl Harbor 4 months earlier. Unable to get back to their starting point after dropping their bombs on the Japanese island, the bombers still managed to reach the Chinese coast at night, and the men bailed out of their aircraft. One landed in Russia and was confiscated, its crew interned. A special thought for Dick Cole, a 27-year-old Doolittle copilot at the time, who was the last survivor of the group and left us just 10 days ago at age 103.

#aviationhistory , #onthisdayinaviation , #onthisdayinaviationhistory , #otd , 2017 , AirVenture , B-25 , B-25J , EAA , North American , Oshkosh , USA , Wisconsin

Ekspozīcijas Laiks	1/160 s
ApertureFNumber	f/8.0
ISO	640
Modelis	Canon EOS 70D
Lēca	EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Fokusa Attālums	371 mm
Oriģināla Datums un Laiks	2017:07:26 19:56:57

Izveidots

Trešdiena 26 Jūlijs 2017

Ievietots

Trešdiena 17 Aprīlis 2019

Izmēri

2880*1920

Tagi

#aviationhistory, #onthisdayinaviation, #onthisdayinaviationhistory, #otd, 2017, AirVenture, B-25, B-25J, EAA, North American, Oshkosh, USA, Wisconsin

Albūmi

• Aviation / This Day In Aviation / April

Apmeklējumi

577

Location

• Spraudnis no xbgmsharp
• Leaflet
• © OpenStreetMap ziedotāji, (ODbL)

Skatīt uz OpenStreetMap

Rezultējošais vērtējums

nav vērtējuma

Vērtēt šo foto