Editing Doolittle Raid (section)

=== Doolittle Raiders re-enactment ===
[[File:USS Ranger (CV-61) B-25 Mitchell Doolittle reenactment.jpg|thumb|The restored World War II B-25 ''Heavenly Body'' taking off from the deck of {{USS|Ranger|CV-61|2}}]]
On 21 April 1992, in conjunction with other Department of Defense World War II 50th-Anniversary Commemorative Events, two B-25 Mitchell bombers, B-25J ''Heavenly Body'' and B-25J ''In The Mood'', were hoisted aboard {{USS|Ranger|CV-61|6}}. The bombers participated in a commemorative re-enactment of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, taking off from ''Ranger''{{'}}s flight deck before more than 1,500 guests.<ref name="USS Ranger Legacy">{{cite web |url= http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=66 |title= USS Ranger (CVA-61) |publisher= US Navy Legacy |date= 15 June 2009 |access-date= 20 September 2016 |archive-date= 11 December 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161211205515/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=66 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The launch took place off the coast of San Diego.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/2017/04/07/in-1992-doolittle-raid-revisited/|title=The Sextant – 'In 1992, Doolittle Raid revisited'|access-date=9 February 2020|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729234308/https://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/2017/04/07/in-1992-doolittle-raid-revisited/|url-status=live}}</ref> Four B-25s were approved by the US Navy for the reenactment with two selected. The other two participants were B-25J ''Executive Sweet'' and B-25J ''Pacific Princess''. Following the launch, eight B-25s flew up the coast where General Doolittle and his son John P. Doolittle watched as each B-25 came in for a low pass, dropping 250 red, white, and blue carnations into the surf, concluding the event.