The Doolittle Raiders

In February 1942, twenty-four B-25

bomber crews of the 17th Bombardment

Group at Columbia Army Air Base

volunteered to take part in a secret

project headed by Lt. Col. James H.

Doolittle. This group was the nucleus

of the Doolittle Raiders who, taking

off from the aircraft ...

Columbia Army Air Base / The Doolittle Raiders

Columbia Army Air Base

Built during 1941 as the Lexington County Airport, this airfield became the Columbia Army Air Base shortly after the U.S. entered World War II in December, 1941. The base was used to train crews for

medium bombardment ...