B-25 bombers on flight deck of the USS Hornet

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GLC#
GLC09553.02-View header record
Type
Images
Date
18 April 1942
Title
B-25 bombers on flight deck of the USS Hornet
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 silver gelatin photograph Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.2 cm
Primary time period
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Sub-Era
World War II

A black and white photograph of the USS Hornet's flight deck full of B-25 bombers preparing for the raid. Another ship is present in the background of the photograph. There is a press clipping attached to the back of the photograph with a stamp dated April 23, 1943. The press clipping calls the planes B-24's, but they are actually B-25.

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