Doolittle Raid On Japan
Jun 22, 2018 06:55:33 #
There was a 75th Anniversary celebration at the Alameda Naval Air Station (now closed) They departed from Alameda on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which also is docked at Alameda and open for tours, there was a fly over of a B-25. I worked at Alameda Naval Air Station for 20 years as a civilian employee. Dave Tracy
Jun 22, 2018 06:58:09 #
gunner369 wrote:
There was a 75th Anniversary celebration at the Alameda Naval Air Station (now closed) They departed from Alameda on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which also is docked at Alameda and open for tours, there was a fly over of a B-25. I worked at Alameda Naval Air Station for 20 years as a civilian employee. Dave Tracy
That was an unbelievable accomplishment. Too bad it was mostly symbolic, and the price in human lives was high.
Jun 22, 2018 07:09:59 #
Jun 22, 2018 07:15:56 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
jerryc41 wrote:
That was an unbelievable accomplishment. Too bad it was mostly symbolic, and the price in human lives was high.
Of the 80 raiders, three were killed in action. Eight were captured; one starved to death in a Japanese prison camp and three were executed. Lt. Col. Robert Hite was one of eight Doolittle raiders captured by Japanese forces. After 40 months in captivity, Hite was freed in 1945.
Jun 22, 2018 07:20:32 #
Am sorry but the USS Hornet in docked at Alameda and the city of Alameda has taken over the base and is called Alameda Point and buildings are being demolished and the hangars are being converted to industrial sites, Google alameda point
Jun 22, 2018 07:22:28 #
gunner369 wrote:
There was a 75th Anniversary celebration at the Alameda Naval Air Station (now closed) They departed from Alameda on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which also is docked at Alameda and open for tours, there was a fly over of a B-25. I worked at Alameda Naval Air Station for 20 years as a civilian employee. Dave Tracy
Interesting photos, my son served on the USS Carl Vinson CVN70.
Jun 22, 2018 07:30:23 #
As a civilian employee, I was on the USS Constitution and Oriskiny off Vietnam inspecting aircraft in 1970 for 3 weeks
Jun 22, 2018 07:35:35 #
gunner369 wrote:
There was a 75th Anniversary celebration at the Alameda Naval Air Station (now closed) They departed from Alameda on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, which also is docked at Alameda and open for tours, there was a fly over of a B-25. I worked at Alameda Naval Air Station for 20 years as a civilian employee. Dave Tracy
Dave, that raid was awesome and the movie was pretty good also. Your photos are great and the B25 was phantastic. Thank you for the reminder.
Greg
Jun 22, 2018 07:37:02 #
The Japanese were shocked by this raid, just like the Germans were when the first bombs fell on Berlin..they didn't think anybody would or could bomb their cities!!
Jun 22, 2018 07:37:47 #
alx
Loc: NJ
The Hornet in Alameda now is CV-12, named in honor of the original CV-8 after it was sunk. It is common for the Navy to maintain the legacy of historic ships in this way, and the Hornet sure as hell made history as the first positive action post Pearl Harbor.
Jun 22, 2018 07:45:00 #
tommy2
Loc: Fort Worth, Texas
Very nice thread. Both the photos and comments are enjoyable to see, Thank you.
Jun 22, 2018 07:51:16 #
I stand corrected on the Hornet, I retired in 1988, moved to NV and the base closed in 1996 or there about, thank you all for your comments
Jun 22, 2018 21:31:05 #
You're right the Hornet is there, but its not the Hornet that launched the Doolittle raid, the Hornet , CV8,(Yorktown class) that launched the raid was sunk Oct. 1942 after the Battle of Santa Cruz. The Hornet at Alameda (CV12) was commissioned I think in 1943. and decommissioned 1970.
Jun 23, 2018 08:43:45 #
Jun 23, 2018 21:48:29 #
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