PIERRE — A historical combat aircraft will make a pit stop in Pierre later this year as part of the lead up to the Ellsworth Air and Space Show at Ellsworth Air Force Base this May…
Airport Liaison to the Pierre City Commission Jamie Huizenga says a B-25 Mitchell bomber is coming back for a one-day display at Pierre Regional Airport…
A B-25 made a stop in Pierre three years ago as a part of commemorating the 77th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid of World War II…
Huizenga says the group organizing the Raid ’22 has even given him an unofficial title as the local coordinator…
Raid ’22 will fly to Sioux Falls, Brookings, Aberdeen, Chamberlain, Pierre, Rosebud and Rapid City. This year marks 80 years since the Doolittle Raid of April 18th 1942. During the Raid, Pierre native Henry Potter was navigator on the first B-25 to take off from the USS Hornet aircraft carrier with Lt. Col James Doolittle himself.
