The 17th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. The group was last stationed at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
Douglas B-66 as flown by the group
Boeing P-12Bs of the 34th Pursuit Squadron.
Boeing P-26A Peashooters of the 17th Pursuit Group, March Field, California.
B-25Bs on USS Hornet en route to Japan.
The Doolittle Raid was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital of Tokyo and other places in Honshu during World War II. Launched on April 18, 1942, it was the first American air opera
17th Bombardment Group
…together with the 34th and 73d Pursuit Squadrons, that the 17th first was formed. The Group's aircraft and many of its aircrews took part in the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Imperial Japan. During World War II the 17th Bomb Group was the only combat organization to fight all three of the Axis powers (Japan, Italy, and…
Jimmy Doolittle and his B-25 Mitchell taking off from the USS Hornet for the raid
Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle wires a Japanese friendship medal to a bomb, for "return" to its originators.
A B-25 Mitchell taking off from USS Hornet for the raid
B-25 Mitchells aboard USS Hornet