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January 28, 2006
Desk of Air Legend Jimmy Doolittle
One of the most interesting exhibits at the Chico Air Museum is this beautiful piece of furniture. It is the actual desk of WWII Army Air Corp General Jimmy Doolittle. As most of you over the age of 40 know, Gen. Doolittle won the Congressional Medal of Honor for leading the bombing raid on Tokyo in April of 1942 using B-25 Mitchell bombers launched from the deck of a carrier, a feat never done before or since.
A Japanese picket vessel spotted them and sent a radio message warning of the carrier's approach. The bombers were forced to take to the air 200 miles further out than expected. This left them without enough fuel to reach their intended landing areas; most of the crews had to bail out over China and make their way to American lines.
http://www.cv6.org/1942/doolittle/doolittle.htm
Posted by Post Scripts at January 28, 2006 06:50 PM