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1942-04-18 - Historic Twin Cities
On this date in 1942, sixteen United States B-25B Mitchell medium bombers attacked Tokyo in the famous Doolittle Raid. The aircraft used in this raid were all modified at Wold-Chamberlain Field (now Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport) in February 1942 by local mechanics of Mid-Continent Airlines. The goal was to transform these medium-range aircraft into […]