USS Hornet flight deck April 1942.jpg

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DescriptionUSS Hornet flight deck April 1942.jpg	View from the island of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), while en route to the "Doolittle Raid" mission's launching point. The light cruiser USS Nashville (CL-43) is in the distance. Eight of the mission's 16 B-25B bombers are visible on the carrier's flight deck. Aircraft at right is tail No. 40-2250 and mission plane No. 10. 2nd Lt. Richard O. Joyce piloted the aircraft to targets in the Tokyo area. (U.S. Navy photo)
Date	April 1942
Source	National Museum of the U.S. Air Force [1] photo 060415-F-0000G-022 [2], also U.S. Navy photo NH 53421 [3]; Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.
Author	The original uploader was Signaleer at English Wikipedia., 2006-12-13 (original upload date)

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2006-12-13 23:19 Signaleer 737×608×8 (259309 bytes) View from the island of USS Hornet (CV-8), while en route to the mission's launching point. USS Nashville (CL-43) is in the distance. Eight of the mission's 16 B-25B bombers are visible on the carrier's flight deck. Aircraft at right is tail No. 40-2250 a

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