"The last Doolittle Raider" Topic
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| Whitestreak | 09 Apr 2019 6:50 p.m. PST |
has passed away. Dick Cole was 103 when he passed on Tuesday morning. Here's the Air Force Times story: tinyurl.com/y57qwvcw |
| SOB Van Owen | 09 Apr 2019 8:22 p.m. PST |
Genesis 6:4
"There were Giants in the Earth in those days." |
Frederick  | 10 Apr 2019 5:40 a.m. PST |
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| Choctaw | 10 Apr 2019 9:44 a.m. PST |
Japan's first hint of very bad things to come. RIP, sir. |
| 79thPA | 10 Apr 2019 4:58 p.m. PST |
I've got a Revell B25 Pacific Raiders model box with the autograph of Cole, as well as two other raiders. I think at the time 4 raiders were still alive, but only 3 of them could travel to Wright Pat AFB. |
 Herkybird | 11 Apr 2019 2:29 p.m. PST |
They were brave men, I cannot imagine what they felt flying off an aircraft carrier hopefully to end up in China, via Tokyo!?? |
| Aggie21 | 13 Apr 2019 12:00 p.m. PST |
I had the good fortune to know a seaman who was on the deck of the USS Hornet when those planes took off. They were a magnificent generation. |
 deadhead | 14 May 2019 1:07 a.m. PST |
Took until today for his obituary to appear in the UK's Daily Telegraph, but better late than never.
Much respect for him and all of them. The latest USAF Bomber the Northrop Grumman B21 is to be called "The Raider" in their honour.
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