James Harold 'Jimmy' Doolittle (14 décembre 1896 – 27 septembre 1993) était un pionnier de l'aviation américaine. Doolittle a été officier de commandement dans les Forces aériennes de l'armée de terre des États-Unis pendant la seconde Guerre mondiale et a reçu la Médaille d'honneur pour sa vaillance et son leadership en tant que commandant Du Raid Doolittle contre le Japon. Le Raid de Doolittle, également connu sous le nom De Raid de Tokyo, le 18 avril 1942, fut un raid aérien des États-Unis sur la capitale japonaise Tokyo et d'autres endroits sur l'île de Honshu pendant la seconde Guerre mondiale, le premier raid aérien à frapper les îles japonaises d'origine. Il a démontré que Japa

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James Harold 'Jimmy' Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid against Japan. The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, on 18 April 1942, was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu island during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands. It demonstrated that Japan itself was vulnerable to American air attack, served as retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, and provided an important boost to U.S. morale while damaging Japanese morale. The raid was planned and led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. Sixteen U.S. Army Air Forces B-25B Mitchell medium bombers were launched without fighter escort from the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Hornet deep in the Western Pacific Ocean, each with a crew of five men. The plan called for them to bomb military targets in Japan, and to continue westward to land in China—landing a medium bomber on Hornet was impossible. Fifteen of the aircraft reached China, and the other one landed in the Soviet Union. All but three of the crew survived, but all the aircraft were lost. Eight crewmen were captured by the Japanese Army in China; three of these were executed.

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