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#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #PacificTheatre #DoolittleRaid #USSHornet #aircraftcarrier
April 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #PacificTheatre #DoolittleRaid #USSHornet #aircraftcarrier #bombers
April 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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the bombers continued westward attempting to land in a friendly area in China.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #SouthPacific #DoolittleRaid #Tokyo #airstrikes #bombingraid
April 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
the place where the bombers came from, "is right here in this North American plant."
#WW2 #FDR #DoolittleRaid #NorthAmericanAviation #defenseindustry #aircraftindustry #blackandwhitephotography
June 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
Each aircraft carried three 500-pound high-explosive bombs and one incendiary bomb.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #SouthPacific #DoolittleRaid #USSHornet #aircraftcarrier #bombers
April 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
aide. Thirteen targets were struck, including an oil tank farm, a steel mill, and an aircraft carrier under construction. Some 50 Japanese lost their lives.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #SouthPacific #DoolittleRaid #Tokyo
April 18, 2026 at 12:43 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
inflicted limited damage, but gave a huge boost to American morale after the attacks on Pearl Harbor months earlier.’
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April 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
the mythical land identified by President Roosevelt as the place where the bombers came from, "is right here in this North American plant."’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #SouthPacific #DoolittleRaid #JamesDoolittle #FDR #ShangriLa
April 18, 2026 at 12:51 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
entire villages were destroyed, and an estimated 250,000 Chinese civilians were killed.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #SouthPacific #DoolittleRaid #China #ZhejiangJiangxiCampaign
April 18, 2026 at 12:51 PM
historical3108.bsky.social
📌The Doolittle Raid: America's Revenge for Pearl Harbor 🇺🇸✈️

#DoolittleRaid #PearlHarbor #WorldWarII #AviationHistory #MilitaryHistory #Doolittle #USS #TokyoRaid #AmericanVictory
December 1, 2024 at 12:07 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
Each aircraft carried three 500-pound high-explosive bombs and one incendiary bomb.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #SouthPacific #DoolittleRaid #USSHornet #aircraftcarrier #bombers
April 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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April 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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April 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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‘Posing in front of a bomber is Crew No. 1 of the Doolittle Raid, from the 34th Bombardment Squadron, ➡️
U.S. Air Force https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-daring-raids-and-brutal-reprisals/100127/
April 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
sempaiscuba.bsky.social
18 April 1942: The #Doolittle Raid.

Sixteen USAAF B-25B bombers took off from the USS Hornet and carried out a bombing raid on #Tokyo. #History #WW2 #DoolittleRaid #Japan
USAAF B-25B bombers on the deck of USS Hornet
April 18, 2026 at 11:26 AM
lronlacy.bsky.social
#OTD 1942 - The ‘#DoolittleRaid’ (3)
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‘Ryozo Asano, left, spokesman for a group of diversified Japanese family enterprises called the Zaibatsu, inspects the wreckage of his steel plant in Tokyo, after the first U.S. air raid on Japan's capital, April 18, 1942. He is accompanied by an unidentified ➡️
AP Photo https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/08/world-war-ii-daring-raids-and-brutal-reprisals/100127/
April 18, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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A B-25, one of General Doolittle's raiders, passes over the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) after launching from the carrier USS Hornet (CV-8). The bomber task Force would take part in the first American bombing of Tokyo, 18 April 1942.

US Navy photo.
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May 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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entire villages were destroyed, and an estimated 250,000 Chinese civilians were killed.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #SouthPacific #DoolittleRaid #China #ZhejiangJiangxiCampaign
April 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
the place where the bombers came from, "is right here in this North American plant."
#WW2 #FDR #DoolittleRaid #NorthAmericanAviation #defenseindustry #aircraftindustry #blackandwhitephotography
June 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
the bombers continued westward attempting to land in a friendly area in China.’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #SouthPacific #DoolittleRaid #Tokyo #airstrikes #bombingraid
April 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Major General James "Jimmy" Doolittle at Maison Blanch Airport. Algeria, 1943.
➤DOOLITTLE RAID VIDEO: youtu.be/Z_yxkxJ1rgc
➤HD IMAGE: dronescapes.video/B25B
#doolittle #doolittleraid #colorized #history #wwii
Major General James "Jimmy" Doolittle at Maison Blanch Airport. Algeria, 1943. ➤DOOLITTLE RAID VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Z_yxkxJ1rgc ➤HD IMAGE: https://dronescapes.video/B25B #doolittle #doolittleraid #colorized #history #wwii
November 17, 2024 at 2:36 PM
untolddaily.bsky.social
On this day in 1942, the Doolittle Raid marked the first U.S. air raid on Japan during World War II. #OTD #WWII #DoolittleRaid
April 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
casematepublishers.bsky.social
"The Tokyo Sixteen" recaps the events of the Doolittle Raid in April 1942 and contains the personal stories of the 16 military pilots. ‪@penandswordbooks.bsky.social‬

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/jbkekmk2

#doolittleraid #tokyosixteen #wwII
June 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
the mythical land identified by President Roosevelt as the place where the bombers came from, "is right here in this North American plant."’
#blackandwhitephotography #WW2 #SouthPacific #DoolittleRaid #JamesDoolittle #FDR #ShangriLa
April 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
casematepublishers.bsky.social
Today is the anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. "The Tokyo Sixteen" highlights the sixteen pilots who took part in the Doolittle Raid and their paticipate in World War II's most notable air raid.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/ycxdv2ut

#tokyosixteen #doolittleraid #WWIIhistory
April 18, 2026 at 1:20 PM