I don't think you'd get a Wellington off Furious, but you might just manage the Hampden. Most likely the largest they'd try would be the Blenheim.
To be totally bad ass of course...
The thing with the Dolittle raiders is that the plane wasn't just a B-25 that was on the Hornet, they practiced for quite some time and had stripped the planes of any excess weight, it wasn't a normal B-25 by that point. Yes it could be done, but using the Beau as a conventional plane is probably asking too much (IE expecting regular landings and take offs etc rather than using them on a single throw away strike).
Torpedoes would hardly be effective in suppressing troops in Rabaul.![]()
"Perhaps I'm giving into hysteria, but is it possible that Lt Crandall is an enemy agent!?"
A B-25 actually did land on a aircraft carrier. The US Navy conducted tests aboard USS Shangri-La in November 1944. A B-25 was successfully launched and recovered. The B-25 was modified though.Also I don't believe the B25 could actually land on the carrier, just take off.