B-25B medium bombers lined up on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Hornet  during the Doolittle raid against Japan; April, 1942.

Strike back for Pearl Harbor

Hollywood actress Marlene Dietrich with airmen of the 401st Bomb Group after a ride in a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Pakawalup". 
With Ms. Dietrich are Colonel William T. Seawell (2nd left) and Captain Felix Kalinski (left) and Lawrence W Pfeiffer as navigator.
She entertained about a 1,000 men.


Posing with B-17 crew

Jimmy Doolittle and his B-25B Mitchell prior to taking off from the USS Hornet for the first American strike on Japan; 18 April, 1942
