Hornet CV-8 Launching Doolittle Raid
Perhaps the most famous photo of Hornet CV-8, as she launches 16 Army Air Force B-25 medium bombers towards Tokyo and other Japanese cities: the Doolittle Raid, 18 April 1942.
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| Source: William T. Barr Perhaps the most famous photo of Hornet CV-8, as she launches 16 Army Air Force B-25 medium bombers towards Tokyo and other Japanese cities: the Doolittle Raid, 18 April 1942. |
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