Tokyo Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) REG246 Only a handful of men

Only a handful of men penetrated into the town itself

glinting in the sun above their base

Capt Howard Baugh

Norbert Kujacinski (deceased) - (companion drawing)

Tokyo Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) REG246 Only a handful of menDHM2453C. Tokyo Bound by Nicolas Trudgian. On April 18, 1942, under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, a small force of B 25 Mitchell light bombers set forth on one of the most audacious air raids of World War II. Launching in a rough sea from the heaving deck of the carrier USS Hornet, the crews knew that even if they achieved success, they were not to return. Their mission to bomb Tokyo and other industrial targets some 800 miles