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2006-11-14 06:15:54 · 5 answers · asked by Ganbatteru 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
"Billy Mitchell was an American general who is regarded as one of the most famous and most controversial figures in American airpower history."
"Jimmy Doolittle was was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served with great distinction as a general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War, earning the Medal of Honor as the commander of the Doolittle Raid."
2006-11-14 06:21:11 · answer #1 · answered by Brad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Billy Mitchell was a U.S. general who, in the 1920s, foresaw the growth of air power in war. He had been a pilot in WWI, (as well as a very high ranking general) and in the early 1920s conducted an "unauthorized" expirement in which planes sank a number of warships. The Army and Navy scoffed at the time, but his ideas were proven correct at Pearl Harbor and thereafter in WWII. Unfortunately, General Mitchell died prior to War II and his vindication.
Jimmy Doolittle was an Army Air Corps pilot and an aviation pioneer. He developed instrument flying in the 1920s and set several speed records. He is most famous because he led a bombing raid on Japan in early 1942, when the U.S. was just recovering from Pearl Harbor. In it, he and his men flew B-25 bombers (which were actually land-based planes) off an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, bombed several cities in Japan, and landed in China. This was more of a PR stunt than a military victory, but the Allied Powers certainly needed a morale boost in early 1942 as it was far from clear that we were going to win the War.
Interestingly, this was Doolittle's one and only exposure to wartime action.
Both were military pilots and both were active in early U.S. military aviation. Also, in a way, Doolittle helped prove that Mitchell's air power theories were correct by his Japan raid (although Pearl Harbor should have been all the proof that was needed).
2006-11-14 06:39:35 · answer #2 · answered by Hub 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Watch "30 Seconds Over Tokyo".
2006-11-14 06:24:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aviation Pioneers.
2006-11-14 06:19:00 · answer #4 · answered by Ronaldo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were the brothers of Doctor and Paul.
2006-11-14 06:18:52 · answer #5 · answered by Bob P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋