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Who led the first airplane bombing raid on Tokyo in World War 2?

Updated: 8/22/2023

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Lt. Col Jimmy Doolittle, with the "Doolittle raid" in 1942

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you may be talking about Jimmy Doolittle, the man who led the daring first raid on Tokyo from an aircraft carrier hundreds of miles into dangerous waters...

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Lt. Col. Jimmy Dolittle led the first raid in April 1942. His 16 Mitchell medium bombers took off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet to bomb Tokyo, then fly on to China.

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Jimmy Doolittle

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James Doolittle

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Col. James Doolittle

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