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Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally Posted by widgeon13
I thought Doolittle Raiders were the first to fly B25's off an aircraft carrier April 18, 1942 in a bombing attack on Japan.
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First and only time that I know of that its been done.
The Navy did some prelim testing of flying a Herc off of a carrier in 1963 and while it could be done, it was never done on a regular basis that I know of.
C-130 Hercules Lands on U.S.S. Forrestal
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