On the ground, the raid killed about 50 people and injured 400. After bombing the military and industrial targets, the crews were to continue westward to land in China. Under the final plan, 16 B-25B Mitchell medium bombers, each with a crew of five, were launched from the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet, in the Pacific Ocean. It was one of six American carrier raids against Japan and Japanese-held territories conducted in the first half of 1942 as part of the undertaken strategy. The raid was planned by, led by, and named after Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle. It served as an initial retaliation for the Decemattack on Pearl Harbor, and provided an important boost to American morale. Although the raid caused comparatively minor damage, it demonstrated that the Japanese mainland was vulnerable to American air attacks. It was the first American air operation to strike the Japanese archipelago. The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II.
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