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Hornet launching Doolittle raiders, 18 Apr 1942, photo 9 of 10	Hornet launching Doolittle raiders, 18 Apr 1942, photo 9 of 11	James Doolittle sitting by the wing of his wrecked B-25 Mitchell bomber, China, 18 Apr 1942	US B-25 taking off from USS Hornet for the Doolittle Raid, 18 Apr 1942

Wreckage of Major General James Doolittle's B-25 Mitchell bomber in China, 18 Apr 1942	Indianapolis at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, view of her well deck area from port side, with light cruiser Raleigh in background, 19 Apr 1942; note SOC Seagull aircraft onboard	Commander of VGS-1 squadron Lieutenant Commander Lex L. Black making the 2,000th landing on escort carrier Long Island in a SOC-3A Seagull aircraft, 20 Apr 1942	Converted TWA Stratoliner 'Apache' (USAAF #42-88626) after becoming the first aircraft to land at Bluie West Eight (Kangerlussuaq), Greenland, 20 Apr 1942

British Martlet IV (Wildcat) fighter at Naval Air Station, Anascotia, Washington DC, 21 Apr 1942, photo 1 of 2	British Martlet IV (Wildcat) fighter at Naval Air Station, Anascotia, Washington DC, 21 Apr 1942, photo 2 of 2	US Navy J2F-5 Duck aircraft in flight during anti-submarine patrol, 23 Apr 1942; note Mark XVII depth charges	F2A-3 Buffalo fighter possibly of USMC squadron VMF-212 being serviced in a camouflaged revetment, Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, 25 Apr 1942

American airmen posing with the side machine gun of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, May 1942	American YB-17 bomber crew receiving last minute instructions before taking off on a mission, Langley Field, Virginia, United States, May 1942	Brewster F2A-3 Buffalo being lifted aboard aircraft transport USS Kitty Hawk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 1942. Note open hangar bay in the stern of the ship.	British Spitfire fighters on the flight deck of USS Wasp, circa Apr-May 1942

British Spitfire V fighter took off from Wasp for Malta, May 1942	Fulmar aircraft of No. 803 Squadron FAA landing on HMS Formidable in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, late Apr or early May 1942	Fulmar aircraft of No. 803 Squadron FAA landing on HMS Formidable in the Indian Ocean off Madagasgar, late Apr to early May 1942	George McCraw, worker at Vega Aircraft Corporation, applying nose art on a PV-1 Ventura aircraft, Burbank, California, United States, circa May 1942