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The Doolittle Raid

The Doolittle Raid. By: Dylan Stark. Doolittle Raid. The Doolittle Raid was the first raid by the United States to attack Japanese home islands during world war 2.

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The Doolittle Raid

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  1. The Doolittle Raid By: Dylan Stark

  2. Doolittle Raid • The Doolittle Raid was the first raid by the United States to attack Japanese home islands during world war 2. • It was the only operation in which the united states army air forces bombers were launched from a U.S Navy aircraft carrier (the Hornet). • It was the longest mission ever flown by the B-25B Mitchell medium bombers.

  3. Continued • On the morning of April 18, at a distance of about 650 miles from Japan, the task force was sighted by a Japanese picket boat which radioed an attack warning to Japan. Even though the boat was quickly destroyed by gunfire from an American cruiser, Doolittle and Hornet skipper Captain Marc Mitscher decided to launch the B-25’s immediately a day early and about 200 miles farther from Japan than planned.

  4. B-25B Mitchell Medium Bombers • In world war two, the united states had 16 B-25B medium bombers. • Each bomber had four 500 pounds (three high explosive and one incendiary) bombs on each plane and they had two .50 caliber machine guns in an upper turret. • They had five people in each plane. • There was a total of 64 bombs.

  5. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle • James Doolittle was born in Alameda, California on December 14, 1896. • After graduating from high school in Los Angeles, he made his way to get a better education at the Los Angeles junior college and the university of California. He enlisted in the army’s signal Corps reserve in October of 1917, received flight training and was commissioned in March of 1918.

  6. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and his crew

  7. Chinese • Most of the B-25 crews that came down in China eventually made it to safety with the help of Chinese civilians. But the Chinese lost a lot of civilians for sheltering the Americans. • The Japanese military slaughtered an estimated 250,000 civilians while searching for Doolittle’s men

  8. Medal of Honor • General Henry "Hap" Arnold who was the chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps was with him, along with Doolittle's wife, Joe, and General George C. Marshall, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented him with the Medal of Honor in April 1942.

  9. THE END • Bye-Bye

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