We open on a quiet Tokyo morning in April 1942, when air raid drills felt routine and the war still seemed impossibly distant ...

Five months after the humiliation of Pearl Harbor, Col. Jimmy Doolittle led a sneak attack to bomb Tokyo. But in order to make it all the way to Tokyo, Doolittle and his 79-man squadron wouldn't have ...

On September 3, 1932-93 years ago today-renowned aviator James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle set a new world landplane speed record during the Cleveland National Air Races. Flying the formidable Gee Bee R-1 ...

Drema Woolard Doolittle, 82, passed away peacefully in Centennial, Colorado on July 4, 2025. She was born in September 1942 in High Point, North Carolina. He academic journey began at High Point ...

Preflight. That Doolittle kid -- Bad boys--good girls -- A love affair with flight -- The pilots lounge -- Instrument takeoff. Coast to coast -- Back to school -- Stunts and speed -- Flying blind -- ...

Lieut. General Dwight David Eisenhower, the Allied commander in French North Africa, was interrupted by a message at a press conference. General Eisenhower glanced at the message, then exclaimed: ...

Sean Doolittle tugs gently on his bushy red beard and soaks in a history lesson as he strolls in silence along the 872-foot wooden flight deck of the USS Hornet. He checks out old war planes while ...

Richard Cole, the last of the 80 Doolittle raiders who carried out the daring U.S. attack on Japan during World War II, died Tuesday at a military hospital in Texas. He was 103. Cole was mission ...

The Doolittle Raid is a feat of legend: a daring, some thought suicidal, bombing mission designed to avenge the attack on Pearl Harbor by taking the fight to the heart of the Japanese Empire – Tokyo.

“Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle — Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero,” by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes. Recommended by Denise Anderson, owner of Zaerocon Marketing in Lake ...