Artifact of historic Doolittle Raid lands at USS Hornet Museum

Artifact of historic Doolittle Raid lands at USS Hornet Museum

Some eight decades after 16 bombers left the U.S. for a brazen bombing raid on Tokyo following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a small piece of wreckage from the squadron that became known as the Doolittle Raiders has come home to the Bay Area. In a unique cultural exchange, The Doolittle Raid Memorial Hall in Quzhou City traded the eight-inch piece of steel ripped from a B-25 bomber named the Whirling Dervish to the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda for…