Thirty seconds over Tokyo

[tony.osborne]

I share with you the following link, which brings a report with photos and information about one of the most iconic and amazing episodes of World War II. I hope you enjoy and I count on your visit!


Avia o em Floripa Trinta segundos sobre Tokyo

 

[whitehall]

Halsey chickened out. Ordering Doolittle's planes to take off too early before the agreed launching point several hundred miles closer to the Japanese mainland doomed many of the pilots and crews who ran out of gas.Halsey should have been sanctioned for his timid approach to the mission . By all indications the the sinking of the Japanese spy boat by a US Destroyer had no relevance in the raid. The Japanese were thoroughly clueless and there was no threat to the convoy.

 

[Mad Scientist]

30 Seconds over Tokyo is the only 1st Edition I have.

One bomber ran out of fuel and had to ditch in the ocean and the Pilot found himself outside the plane. Turns out upon impact with the water he went through the front windshield!

All of the Pilots were volunteers to include Doolittle himself who, along with Chuck Yeager, was one of the best Pilots in Aviation History.

 

[jwoodie]

Halsey chickened out. Ordering Doolittle's planes to take off too early before the agreed launching point several hundred miles closer to the Japanese mainland doomed many of the pilots and crews who ran out of gas.Halsey should have been sanctioned for his timid approach to the mission . By all indications the the sinking of the Japanese spy boat by a US Destroyer had no relevance in the raid. The Japanese were thoroughly clueless and there was no threat to the convoy.

This was before the Battle of Midway. The loss of a carrier could have been devastating to our war effort in the Pacific.

 

[Discombobulated]

Halsey chickened out. Ordering Doolittle's planes to take off too early before the agreed launching point several hundred miles closer to the Japanese mainland doomed many of the pilots and crews who ran out of gas.Halsey should have been sanctioned for his timid approach to the mission . By all indications the the sinking of the Japanese spy boat by a US Destroyer had no relevance in the raid. The Japanese were thoroughly clueless and there was no threat to the convoy.

Chickened out? Are you too fucking stupid to know why the aircraft had to be launched earlier than planned? Not much of a historian.....are you.