Keywords: SBDs on USS Hornet Apr 1942.jpg U S Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers of bombing squadron VB-8 and scouting squadron VS-8 tied down on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet CV-8 during the carrier's participation in launching the Doolittle Raiders against Tokyo April 1942 Note that parts of the wings and tails of some of the USAAF North American B-25B Mitchell bombers are visible in the photograph U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 651 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16028170 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16036020 1942-04 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless Aboard USS Hornet CV-8 Doolittle Raid |