Doolittle Raider 70th anniversary celebration

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Doolittle Raider 70th anniversary celebration

The 70th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid was commemorated at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday. Four of the five surviving crew members attended the ceremony.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

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Twenty vintage B-25 bombers line up for take off at Grimes Field in Urbana Tuesday morning as they depart for Wright Patterson Air Force Base for the Doolittle Raiders Reunion. The planes have been staging in Urbana throughout the weekend so they could all fly into the reunion together. It is the largest gathering of the planes since WWII.

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