The Doolittle Raid

By Bert Kinzey

Subjects: Aerial Bombing, History, American Aerial operations, United States, World War, 1939-1945, Aircraft carriers, Mitchell (Bomber), American, Biography, Aerial Military operations, United States. Army Air Forces

Description: An account of the Doolittle Raid of April 1942. Includes a biography of James H. Doolittle as well as a study of the B-25 bomber that was used in the raid and of the USS Hornet, the carrier from which the raid was launched. Also included is a list of the flight crews that were assigned to the bombers.