TOKYO REMEMBERED 18 APRIL

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TOKYO REMEMBERED 18 APRIL

Post by Joe Gopan » Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:56 am

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76 years have passed since Colonel Doolittle led 16 B-25's over Tokyo on 18 April 1942. I take a few moments every year on 18 April to remember that mission and the brave airmen who took part in it.
Here's a recent view I experienced from the waist position of a B-25H over my hometown 70+ years later.

The young gentleman in the top photo is the Pilot of the Texas Flying Legends B-25 H.
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Re: TOKYO REMEMBERED 18 APRIL

Post by Wolfman » Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:44 am

That is quite a picture.
A P-40, an F4U and A P-51 in formation, heavy left.
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Re: TOKYO REMEMBERED 18 APRIL

Post by Joe Gopan » Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:08 pm

JEEPS ain't everything, there's B-25's too. :wink:
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Re: TOKYO REMEMBERED 18 APRIL

Post by Joe Gopan » Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:37 pm

The above P-40 depicts one from a WWII Group stationed in Aleutians. It was comanded by Colonel John Chennault.
How many of you realized that Lt. General Chennault had a son who served in WWII?
Colonel John Chennault was born in 1913 and served through the Vietnam era.
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