Us Official Photographs
On 18 April 1942, Airmen Of The Us Army Air Forces, Led By Lt
April 1942, airmen of the US Army Air Forces, led by Lt. Col. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, carried the Battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, and Kobe. This heroic attack against these major cities was the result of co-ordination between the Army Air Forces and the US Navy, which carried the sixteen North American B-25 medium bombers aboard the carrier USS Hornet to within take-off distances of the Japanese Islands. Here, Crew Nr 10 (Plane 40-2250): left to right, Lt Horace E. Crouch (Navigator); Lt Richard O. Joyce (Pilot); Unidentified; Lt J. Royden Stork (Co-Pilot); Sgt George E. Larkin, Jr. (Bombardier). Fifth member of this group was the gunner, S/Sgt Edwin W. Horton (in inset), who was substituted at the last moment because of his knowledge of gun turrets-a constant source of trouble. Surviving raiders are unable to identify the man in the center. LEGEND AND SOURCE: TITLE: AUTHOR: PUBLISHER: PAGE: TIME PERIOD: SIGNATURE: DATE:
