1. Jimmy Doolittle
James Doolittle aged 45 as the to get the men and aircraft together for the mission, NOT fly it but plan it - he had too much know how to be risked on a combat mission Why Doolittle? ... Ross Greening came up w/2 homemade innovations 1 to take the place of the Norden bombsight which turned out to be a 2 piece gadget at the cost of 20 cents the 2nd were 2 broomsticks painted black and mounted in each bombers tail cone which resembled gun barrels March 22, 42 cranes hoisted 16 B-25s into aboard the Hornet docked in Oakland Ca April 2nd the Hornet sets sail escorted by 2 cruisers, 4 destroyer...
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