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April 18th 1942, 75 years ago, Jimmy Doolittle's raid on Tokyo
Hi All,
How many of us remember this great feat? April 18th 1942, 75 years ago, Jimmy Doolittle and his band of brave pilots and air crews raided Tokyo and kicked off the first retaliation further the Pearl Harbor disaster. Wikipedia is better than me at reminding us how this raid was prepared and carried out : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid Enough to say that every step of this raid was a great feat by itself (i.e. taking off a B-25 from the deck of a carrier without the assistance of a launching catapult, …). I can't remember who said or had this motto “No guts, no glory”. Years ago, I saw it painted as a plane nose art (*) but, for sure, it applies well to these guys and likely they had more than guts …! (*) "No Guts, No Glory" could be Capt Benjamin I. Mayo's motto. Was he the first one to adopt it ? http://www.fightingcolors.com/Compan...47_no_guts.htm
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It's good to remember the fliers who conducted that daring flight and the Army and Navy crews that supported them.
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i agree. . .
jimmy doolittle is one of my favorite american aviators. this mission was the feather in his rather large aviation cap.
remember 'thirty seconds over tokyo' with spencer tracy? cbg p.s. what a great airplane is the north american b-25.
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B-25's off a carrier, just can't be done!!!! Guess they proved that wrong.
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