article_snippet.sent: No. 1 of the 16 launched from an aircraft carrier.
article_snippet.sent: B-25B Mitchell medium bombers, with five crewmen on each were launched without fighter escort from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
article_snippet.sent: The raid, led by Lieutenant Colonel James 'Jimmy' Doolittle, B-25B Mitchell medium bomber launched without fighter escort from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific .
article_snippet.sent: After encountering Japanese patrols, The raid, led by Lieutenant Colonel James 'Jimmy' Doolittle, B-25B Mitchell medium bomber launched without fighter escort from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific launched ahead of plan, some 200 miles farther from shore for fuel-stretched bombers.
article_snippet.sent: Doolittle's plane took off first at 08:20 from a pitching carrier deck.
article_snippet.sent: Doolittle's plane flew low in radio silence, skimming seas and then treetops.