The Doolittle Raid was an air raid on April 18, 1942, where the United States launched 16 B-25 bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet to strike targets in Japan, including Tokyo. Led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, the raid was primarily a retaliatory and morale-boosting mission for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Despite causing only minor physical damage, it had a major psychological impact by demonstrating that Japan was vulnerable to attack and it prompted the Japanese to alter thei

On this day in 1942, B-25 bombers conducted a surprise aerial attack over Tokyo. The last surviving pilot remembers how, 75 years ago, the Doolittle Raid changed history: http://cnn.it/2pNMUXQ | CNN