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Raid to Tokyo by Hornet Bombers Revealed
Washington reports the Shangri La raid used the carrier Hornet launching 16 B 25 bombers in April 1942. Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle led the mission which aimed at Tokyo and four other cities, with 80 officers and men flying. most returned via China while one plane reached Russia.
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Washington
Tokyo
Japan
War Department
Shangri-La
Isle of
Nippon
James H. Doolittle
Santa Cruz
Pearl Harbor
Doolittle
Russia
China
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific
Travis Hoover
Arlington
Calif
David M. Jones
Winters
Texas
Edward J. York
Batavia
N. Y
San Antonio
Tokyo Bay
Charles R. Greening
Hoquiam
Wash
Kenegawa
Yokohama City
Chungking
Leland D. Faktor
Plymouth
York