Explore Living History through Centex Wing's flying B-25, the "Yellow Rose" and our Museum's detailed scale model of Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo in 1942.
The North American B-25 (the same aircraft as our own "Yellow Rose") becomes famous and Lt. Col Doolittle the war's first hero.
Our still flying B-25, the "Yellow Rose" is the same plane that took off from the USS Hornet on the raid over Tokyo.
CAF Centex Wing Museum's detailed model of the USS Hornet as it appeared morning of the raid.
Our model displays the distinctive chevron arrangement of the aircraft.
The North American B-25 (the same aircraft as our own "Yellow Rose") becomes famous and Lt. Col Doolittle the war's first hero.
Our still flying B-25, the "Yellow Rose" is the same plane that took off from the USS Hornet on the raid over Tokyo.
The flight deck of the USS Hornet during the transport to the staging position.
The actual flight deck of the USS Hornet on April 18, 1942 showing the chevron arrangement needed to gain the extra length required for a successful takeoff.
The B-25 first gained fame as the bomber used in the 18 April 1942 Doolittle Raid, in which 16 B-25Bs led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle attacked mainland Japan, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The mission gave a much-needed lift in spirits to the Americans, and alarmed the Japanese who had believed their home islands were inviolable by enemy forces. Although the amount of actual damage done was relatively minor, it forced the Japanese to divert troops for the home defense for the remainder of the war.
The raiders took off from the carrier USS Hornet and successfully bombed Tokyo and four other Japanese cities without loss. However, 15 B-25 bombers subsequently crash-landed en route to recovery fields in Eastern China. These losses were the result of the task force being spotted by a Japanese vessel forcing the bombers to take off 170 mi (270 km) early, fuel exhaustion, stormy nighttime conditions with zero visibility, and lack of electronic homing aids at the recovery bases.
Only one B-25 bomber landed intact; it came down in the Soviet Union, where its five-man crew was interned and the aircraft confiscated. Of the 80 aircrew, 69 survived their historic mission and eventually made it back to American lines.
Top, Side and Front views of the B-25
Great vintage 1942 newsreels shown in theaters
This newsreel, produced in 1942 shortly after the raid for the home front, shows the aircraft carrier USS Hornet as it launches B-25 bomber aircraft on the Doolittle Raid against Tokyo, Japan. Features footage of practice runs made by the bomber crews and other training. It also contains footage of Capt. Marc Mitscher, Gen. Jimmy Dolittle, Admiral Halsey, Gen. Hap Arnold, raiders T.W. Lawson and H.F. Watson, and Made Chaing Kai-shek. One interesting aspect of the film is that it utilizes footage from a Japanese air raid newsreel, that was shot months before the Doolittle Raid as part of a drill.
This news reel made later, shows rare color movies. It represents a more substantial effort to document the importance of the 1942 raid.
Selected clips from the 2006 Movie "Pearl Harbor"
Here is a 9 minute video of the Doolittle Raid from the 2006 movie "Pearl Harbor". This a Hollywood dramatization (and not totally accurate), it shows the carrier take-off and bombing run over Japan. Alec Baldwin plays Col. Doolittle, Ben Affleck plays one of the pilots.
From the same movie. This 9 minute sequence shows the B-25s landing in China after raid.
For more historical data Doolittle's Raid and its role in WWII:
Doolittle's Raid Historical Blog
For More in formation on The Central Texas Wing of The Commemorative Air Force
The actual flight deck of the USS Hornet on April 18, 1942 showing the chevron arrangement needed to gain the extra length required for a successful takeoff.
The B-25 first gained fame as the bomber used in the 18 April 1942 Doolittle Raid, in which 16 B-25Bs led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle attacked mainland Japan, four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The mission gave a much-needed lift in spirits to the Americans, and alarmed the Japanese who had believed their home islands were inviolable by enemy forces. Although the amount of actual damage done was relatively minor, it forced the Japanese to divert troops for the home defense for the remainder of the war.
The raiders took off from the carrier USS Hornet and successfully bombed Tokyo and four other Japanese cities without loss. However, 15 B-25 bombers subsequently crash-landed en route to recovery fields in Eastern China. These losses were the result of the task force being spotted by a Japanese vessel forcing the bombers to take off 170 mi (270 km) early, fuel exhaustion, stormy nighttime conditions with zero visibility, and lack of electronic homing aids at the recovery bases.
Only one B-25 bomber landed intact; it came down in the Soviet Union, where its five-man crew was interned and the aircraft confiscated. Of the 80 aircrew, 69 survived their historic mission and eventually made it back to American lines.
Top, Side and Front views of the B-25
Great vintage 1942 newsreels shown in theaters
This newsreel, produced in 1942 shortly after the raid for the home front, shows the aircraft carrier USS Hornet as it launches B-25 bomber aircraft on the Doolittle Raid against Tokyo, Japan. Features footage of practice runs made by the bomber crews and other training. It also contains footage of Capt. Marc Mitscher, Gen. Jimmy Dolittle, Admiral Halsey, Gen. Hap Arnold, raiders T.W. Lawson and H.F. Watson, and Made Chaing Kai-shek. One interesting aspect of the film is that it utilizes footage from a Japanese air raid newsreel, that was shot months before the Doolittle Raid as part of a drill.
This news reel made later, shows rare color movies. It represents a more substantial effort to document the importance of the 1942 raid.
Selected clips from the 2006 Movie "Pearl Harbor"
Here is a 9 minute video of the Doolittle Raid from the 2006 movie "Pearl Harbor". This a Hollywood dramatization (and not totally accurate), it shows the carrier take-off and bombing run over Japan. Alec Baldwin plays Col. Doolittle, Ben Affleck plays one of the pilots.
From the same movie. This 9 minute sequence shows the B-25s landing in China after raid.
For more historical data Doolittle's Raid and its role in WWII:
Doolittle's Raid Historical Blog
For More in formation on The Central Texas Wing of The Commemorative Air Force
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