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Title
Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders, group photo
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Haering, Michael
Date Created and/or Issued
1987
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Doolittle's famed Tokyo Raiders gather in front of a B-25 bomber like the ones they flew on their famous WWII raid over Tokyo April 18, 1942. This gathering took place at Torrance Municipal Airport. The B-25 in the background is the "Pacific Princess" hangered in Van Nuys, and flown in for the celebration. Photograph dated April 17, 1987.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00045323
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1991
CARL0000049333
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15751
Subject
Torrance Municipal Airport (Calif.)
Bomber pilots--United States
Airports--California--Torrance
Veterans--United States
Mitchell (Bomber)
Torrance (Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Time Period
1981-1990

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