Photo essay: Doolittle Raiders meet for 68th reunion

Air Force News ^ | Lance Cheung

[SandRat]

4/19/2010 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO (AFNS) -- Some of the remaining members of the Doolittle Raiders participate in a question and answer session with the media here April 16. The Raiders continue to inspire those servicing in the Air Force.

[SandRat]

Slide Show: Doolittle Raiders meet for 68th reunion

[Mr. Jazzy]

Heroes, to the end.

God bless them and we are blessed to have them.

[EGPWS]

The Raiders continue to inspire those servicing in the Air Force.

And patriots who aren't.

Excellent thread SR!

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[ConorMacNessa]

Outstanding, Sandy!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[iowamark]

President Ronald Reagan and Senator Barry Goldwater award General Jimmy Doolittle with a fourth star 26 years after his retirement from the U.S. Air Force. General Doolittle was advanced to four-star rank by Senate confirmation, making him the first person in Air Force Reserve history to wear four stars. 10 April 1985

[Jolla]

Were they in the Air Force or Army Air Corps

[deaconjim]

Heroes in every sense of the word. My dad had a good friend who was a member. He passed several years ago.

[Red Steel]

The Doolitle Raiders were in the Army Air Corps. The Air Force became a seperate service in September of 1947.

[SandRat]

Army Air Corps then and in 1948 it became the Air Force.

[onedoug]

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

[SmokingJoe]

Tlak about men who really had the right stuff. They will never be forgotten.

[Jolla]

That was my point.

[Peter W. Kessler]

A friend of mine was there. There was a fly-over of 20 B-25’s. I didn’t think there were that many B-25’s left in the world.

He said it was an unforgettable event.

[PzLdr]

Army Air Corps.

[skeptoid]

. . . . There are more than one hundred surviving B-25 Mitchells scattered over the world, mainly in the United States. Most of them are on static display in museums, but about 45 are still airworthy.

On 18 April 2010, 17 airworthy B-25s took off from the airfield behind the National Museum of the United States Air Force and flew over in formation to commerate the 68th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid. Four of the surviving members of the Raid were in attendance for the reunion; Cole, Griffin, Hite and Thatcher . . .

From the Wikipedia B-25 page

[GreenLanternCorps]

In 1942 it was no longer the Army Air Corps. It was the US Army Air Forces (USAAF). The USAAF became the US Air Force in 1947.

[Red Steel]

In 1942 it was no longer the Army Air Corps. It was the US Army Air Forces (USAAF). The USAAF became the US Air Force in 1947.

Well actually it did exist until Sept 17, 1947...

"* The Air Corps became a subordinate element of the Army Air Forces, and no longer an organization, on 20 June 1941. It continued to exist as a combat arm of the Army (similar to Infantry) until disestablished by Congress with the creation of the U.S. Air Force in 1947."

[GreenLanternCorps]

I stand corrected.

[Jolla]

Exactly, it was the Army Air Corps that did the raid, not the Air Force, minor point, but a point I wanted to make.