. .. 45 years - he was celebrated Dec. 14 - James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle is a legend in the U.S. Air Force, Air Force and even short.
In the inter-war years, he increased the record speed and endurance, and won the Schneider Cup in 1925 and the Bendix Trophy in 1931.
In 1932, a Gee-Bee R1 - one of the most incredible racing planes ever built - he added the Thompson Trophy to his credit.
But it is also one of the pioneers of instrument flying in an era when most pilots do not fly that day and head out of the cockpit, and one of the most popular figures of Aeronautics . not surprising therefore that the complainant, who has yet retired from the Air Corps in the late 1930s, was recalled to active duty in the aftermath of the attack against Pearl Harbor , then promoted to Lieutenant Colonel January 2, 1942, before inheriting the task of organizing an air raid against Tokyo.
A raid that has also received approval to conduct himself in the first plane to lift off from the Hornet , which could rightly be regarded incongruous - the other airmen of the raid said all having half his age - but explained both by the experience of the person concerned, and especially by his aura and reputation, which is critical in early 1942, when America is desperately search of heroes and legends that cling ...
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