Douglas SBD-2/-3 <i>Dauntless</i> dive bombers and a single Grumman F4F-4 <i>Wildcat</i> fighter on the <i>Enterprise</i>. USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CV-6) (foreground) and the USS <i>Hornet</i> (CV-8) (background) sped towards Japan's Home Islands to launch the <i>Doolittle Raid</i> on 18 April 1942.
William T. Barr, photographer's mate, USN
1942-04-18
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