Amanda Zamarron and her children Stephen, 8, and Eliana, 2, take a closer look at the B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” before a presentation about the Doolittle Raid on Japan April 18, 1942 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
The National Museum of World War II Aviation remembered the Doolittle Raid over Japan Saturday, April 17, 2021 with a presentation and flyover by the museum’s B-25J Bomber “In the Mood.” The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost.
Amanda Zamarron and her children Stephen, 8, and Eliana, 2, take a closer look at the B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” before a presentation about the Doolittle Raid on Japan April 18, 1942 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Pilot Bill Klaers does the preflight checks of the B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” while talking to the crowd after a presentation about the Doolittle Raid on Japan April 18, 1942 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. Klaers and his son and co-pilot Scott Klaers flew the plane for the crowd after the presentation. The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Co-pilot Scott Klaers pulls the B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” out of the WestPac hanger at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. Pilot Bill Klaers and his son and co-pilot Scott Klaers flew the plane for the crowd after the presentation. The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)The crowd at the National Museum of World War II Aviation watch outside the hanger Saturday, April 17, 2021, as the museum’s B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” flies overhead after a presentation about the Doolittle Raid on Japan April 18, 1942. This photo was taken from the nose of the plane as pilot and owner Bill Klaers and his son co-pilot Scott Klaers entertained the crowd below. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Pilot Bill Klaers does the preflight checks B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” while talking to the crowd after a presentation about the Doolittle Raid on Japan April 18, 1942 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. Klaers and his son and co-pilot Scott Klaers flew the plane for the crowd after the presentation. The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Visitors take a close look at the B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” before a presentation about the Doolittle Raid on Japan April 18, 1942 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Pilot Bill Klaers, left, does the preflight checks of the B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” while talking to the crowd after a presentation about the Doolittle Raid on Japan April 18, 1942 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. Klaers and his son and co-pilot Scott Klaers flew the plane for the crowd after the presentation. The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Visitors take a close look at the B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” before a presentation about the Doolittle Raid on Japan April 18, 1942 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)The B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” flies over Colorado Springs as a crowd watches at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)Pilot Bill Klaers, left, and his son and co-pilot Scott Klaers fly the B-25J Bomber “In the Mood” over Colorado Springs after a presentation about the Doolittle Raid on Japan April 18, 1942 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday, April 17, 2021. The presentation told the story of the Doolittle Raid early in World War II when America had suffered setback after discouraging setback. Engineer and military aviation strategist Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 crews of B-25 bombers from the US aircraft carrier Hornet and attacked five cities across Japan, including Tokyo, which was hit by 10 of the B-25 Bombers. Their ability to bomb the seemingly invincible Japanese in their homeland without a single aircraft shot down humiliated the Japanese high command, forced significant strategic shifts in their forces, and gave the United States a badly needed morale boost. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
