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May 15, 2024 · James H. Doolittle was an American aviator and army general who led an air raid on Tokyo and other Japanese cities four months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Doolittle was educated at Los Angeles Junior College (1914–16) and the University of California School of Mines (1916–17). As an.
4 days ago · This was not the first American bombing of the Japanese capital. The famed “Doolittle Raid” by 16 medium-sized aircraft under Lieutenant Colonel James “Jimmy” Doolittle had bombed Tokyo on April 18, 1942.
Jun 12, 2024 · Brigadier General James Harold Doolittle, U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942. (U.S. Air Force) 19 April 1942: On the day following the Halsey-Doolittle Raid, Lieutenant Colonel James Harold Doolittle, United States Army Air Forces, the leader of the B-25 strike force, was advanced two grades to the rank of brigadier general.
Jun 27, 2024 · Jimmy Doolittle with his DH-4B-1-S, A.S. 22-353, during a refueling stop at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, 4 September 1922. Photograph by H.L. Summerville. (National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution)
Jun 26, 2024 · The mission was led by an equally audacious pilot, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, 45, who was famous for setting endurance and speed records in the 1920s and 1930s. The April 18, 1942, mission, although inflicting little damage, shocked the Japanese and gave America a boost after a series of Pacific defeats.
Jun 12, 2024 · 12 June 1918: 2nd Lieutenant James Harold Doolittle, Aviation Section, Signal Officers’ Reserve Corps, was granted Aero Club of America pilot certificate No. 1702 on behalf of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Jun 25, 2024 · Definitions of Jimmy Doolittle noun United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
