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Eglin Airfields, Home of the Doolittle Raiders

April 18, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

In the annals of military history, few acts of valor and audacity shine as brightly as the Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942. This daring bombing mission, led by Lieutenant Colonel James “Jimmy” Doolittle, struck […]

B-25 Mitchell Yellow Rose – Operation 107

February 26, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

On November 3rd, 2017, the Commemorative Air Force’s North American B-25J Mitchell 43-27868 was on final approach during its last airshow appearance of the year when it suffered an engine failure. The crew landed the airplane […]

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Commemorates The 75th Anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo

March 16, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

HONOLULU, HI – Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the World War II Doolittle Raid with special presentations for youth and the general public by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, author, educator […]

Planes of Fames B 25J known as Photo Fanny

‘Doolittle Raid’ – Living History Event at Planes of Fame

April 2, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California will be presenting another of its Living History Events on Saturday, April 4th. The event is open to the public of course. This month’s feature covers the […]

Doolittle Raider RL Hite blindfolded by Japanese 1942

Lt.Robert Hite – Doolittle Raider

April 1, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews does not often publish obituaries. However, we lost Lt.Robert Hite on Sunday, one of the last of the Doolittle Raiders, and as such, we decided we must mention his passing. Nearly all of our readers must surely be well aware […]

World War II’s Doolittle Raiders Making Final Toast

November 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Thousands of visitors streamed to the national Air Force museum Saturday to pay a Veterans Day weekend tribute to the few surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders, airmen whose daring raid on Japan helped boost […]

Doolitle Raiders Final Toast Watch It LIVE

November 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Click on this link to watch LIVE beginning at 6 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 9

Yanks Air Museum Bomber Open Cockpit Day- 4/20/13

April 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California will be hosting their “Bomber Open Cockpit Day” on April 20, 2013 from 10AM to 3PM. The centerpiece of the day’s festivities will be the collection’s North American B-25 […]

B-25 Snapshot #1- B-25’s At The 2012 Doolittle Reunion

March 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

e-publications republished with the permission of B-25 MITCHELL ASSOCIATION This is our first issue of a new e-publication, the B-25 SNAPSHOT. This will be one picture sent in from our members per issue with minimal […]

Tom Griffin, veteran of Doolittle’s Raid, dies at the age of 96

March 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Major Thomas C. Griffin (known simply by friends and family as Tom) passed away Tuesday, February 26 in a Kentucky Veterans Affairs nursing home. The 96 year old earned his stripes navigating a B-25 bomber […]

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