B-25 -- Tokyo Surprise is a piece of digital artwork by Robert D Perry which was uploaded on September 16th, 2017.
B-25 -- Tokyo Surprise
B-25B Ruptured Duck Serial Number 40-2261
Pilot: Lt. Ted W. Lawson
Co-Pilot: Lt. Dean Davenport
Navigator: Lt. Chas. L.... more
Title
B-25 -- Tokyo Surprise
Artist
Robert D Perry
Medium
Digital Art - Digital
Description
B-25B "Ruptured Duck" Serial Number 40-2261
Pilot: Lt. Ted W. Lawson
Co-Pilot: Lt. Dean Davenport
Navigator: Lt. Chas. L. McClure
Bombardier: Lt. Robert S. Clever
Engineer: Sgt. David J. Thatcher
The Ruptured Duck was one of 16 B-25s launched from the Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) on April 18, 1942This was a surprise attack on Tokyo in retaliation for Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor 4 months earlier. This aircraft carried three demolition bombs and one incendiary cluster. The first bomb landed in a canal just missing a steel pipe factory causing minor damage. The second bomb detonated on a pile of coke — a fuel used in steel mills. The Ruptured Duck and crew ditched in the China Sea after running out of fuel. All the crew were injured to some degree, but survived and made it home.
Uploaded
September 16th, 2017
