Lonnie Ortega Aviation Art

Frame Size: 21" x 27" ~ autographed 40th anniversary of the B-25 Mitchell First Day Cover signed in ink by: General Jimmy Doolittle and

2 additional cut-signatures adhered to this FDC: co-pilot Lt. Richard E. Cole and Navigator: Lt. Hank A. Potter crew#1. Comes with a COA.

Jimmy Doolittle's

Doolittle Raiders

On April 18, 1942, from a position at sea 668 miles from Tokyo, the carrier

USS Hornet launched 16 B-25’s of the 17th AAF Air Group led by

Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle, USA, for the first attack on the

Japanese homeland. USS Hornet sortied from Alameda on the 2^nd of April

and made a rendezvous with the carrier USS Enterprise and other ships of

Task Force 16 (V.Adm. W.F. Halsey Commanding) North of the Hawaiian Islands,

and proceeded across the Pacific to the launching point without making port.

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81st Anniversary of Doolittle Raid ~ April 18, 1942-2023