Had the day off and been watching the Military channel off and on most of the day.

They just went thru about a 3hrs series on the Doolittle Raid over Japan. Incredible!
And the series is still going on.

I knew about the raid, its outcome, but my God, the details that went into the raid were amazing..
For instance: they bagged the Norden bombsite for a 20c piece of metal that was more accurate below
1500', and removed the rear 50cal guns (to lighten the load) and replaced them with painted broomsticks.

And the launch off the carriers...they showed film of each plane taking off. and one plane didn't have
it's flaps lowered all the way .. whoa.

The #%&*$# that happened back then and the men who did it..

Cool and crazy stuff eh. Enjoy the rest of your day off Piper.Did you ever get the b25 off the carriers in IL2 ?

Ajay, your talking crazy stuff now. I could never get a Wildcat off a carrier...

Signed,
the original Kamikaze, piper

the first time I saw one of those B-25s on display on the USS Yorktown, at Patriot's Point in Charlestown, I was amazed at how small it seemed, for the task it took on.

Heck, if the inside of a B-17 seemed cramped to me I'm sure a B-25 would look tiny by comparison.

Having been in both a B-17 and B-25 while on the ground, I can tell you the B-25 is much smaller!! But the distance to travel thru the cramped areas is at least shorter.

Yes, an amazing operation. Yet more interesting is the story that took place after the raid, by one of the participants, and the connection made with Mitsuo Fuchida, the leader of the attack on Pearl harbor. This is the kind of history you won't see on the History Channel.

The results of Jimmy Doolittle's raid on Japan had a significant effect on the war in the Pacific. (See Glen Hodges and the Battle of Midway.) However, a much different result was that Jacob DeShazer, a participant in the attack, became a Christian after his capture. Even though the Japanese tortured him, DeShazer returned to Japan after the war as an evangelist. Part of his outreach included a pamphlet, I was a Prisoner of Japan. Mitsuo Fuchida, leader of the air attack on Pearl Harbor, read it and became a Christian evangelist himself. The following is DeShazer's pamphlet.


http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~etmcmull/DESHAZER.htm

Is this part of that series called "Missions that Changed the War" narrated by Gary Sinise?

If so, keep an eye out for the other ones called "Germany's Last Ace" with Gunther Rall and "The Flying Tigers"