Well damn....
To coincide with 50th-anniversary commemorations of World War II that were held from 1992-1995, the USS Ranger re-enactment of the Doolittle Raid, this was a raid on Tokyo, Japan. This re-enactment took place on April 21, 1992, with some 1,500 guests in attendance. Among those guests were military veterans as well as Raiders.
The event was produced by Bradly Grose, who had proposed the idea of the re-enactment in 1989. With the assistance of Task Force 16 member Vice-Admiral William Houser, the idea started advancing at the Pentagon. The Department of Defense (DOD) WWII 50th Anniversary Commemorative Committee Head Gen. Mick Kicklighter supported the idea of a re-enactment.
It wasn’t until January 1992 when Grose was notified that the DOD had approved the concept of a re-enactment. At that point, the Naval Air Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, which was located at NAS North Island in San Diego was given the assignment. Pentagon JAG officers were flown to the station to mark the runways in 50-foot increments. In order for the re-enactment to occur, World War II-era North American B-25 bombers had to take off in less than 500 feet.
The four B-25s that were used were Executive Suite, Pacific Princess, In the Mood, and Heavenly Body. Of those four, two planes were selected to be craned onboard the Ranger for the event. The team had three months to organize the re-enactment, which was close to the same amount of time that the original team had to organize the actual raid.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/4worst-mistakes-of-the-axis-powers-duringwwii.html
