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| rdfs:comment | - The mission involved sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers lead by James Doolittle taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), while in close proximity to the Japanese mainland and bombing targets including Tokyo and Yokohama. While resulting in almost all aircraft crashing and several participants dying or being captured, the raid was considered a success, as it boosted the moral of the American public and shook Japan's confidence.
- 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 the 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. The B-25 that landed in the Soviet Union at Vladivostok was confiscated and its crew interned for more than a year. Fourteen crews, except for one crewman, returned either to the United States
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| Strength | - 16
- Unknown number of troops and homeland defense
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| Partof | - World War II, Pacific War
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| Caption | - A B-25 taking off from for the raid
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| Casualties | - * 3 dead,
* 8
- * About 50 dead, 400 injured
* 5 sailors captured
* 5 patrol boats sunk
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| Result | - * First attack on Japanese Home Islands, US propaganda victory; US morale improved, Japanese weakened
* No significant military effect
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| ID | - Doolittle_Raid_Launch_Footage_1942
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| Place | - Tokyo and other Japanese cities
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| abstract | - 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 the 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. The B-25 that landed in the Soviet Union at Vladivostok was confiscated and its crew interned for more than a year. Fourteen crews, except for one crewman, returned either to the United States or to American forces. An estimated 250,000 Chinese civilians were killed by the Japanese during their search for Doolittle's men. The raid caused negligible material damage to Japan, only hitting non-military targets or missing completely—Doolittle thought immediately after the raid that the loss of all his aircraft would lead to his being court-martialled, rather than honored—but it succeeded in its goal of helping American morale and casting doubt in Japan on the ability of its military leaders. It also caused Japan to withdraw its powerful aircraft carrier force from the Indian Ocean to defend their Home Islands, and the raid contributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's decision to attack Midway Island in the Central Pacific—an attack that turned into a decisive strategic defeat of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of Midway.
- The mission involved sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers lead by James Doolittle taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8), while in close proximity to the Japanese mainland and bombing targets including Tokyo and Yokohama. While resulting in almost all aircraft crashing and several participants dying or being captured, the raid was considered a success, as it boosted the moral of the American public and shook Japan's confidence.
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