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Richard Eugene Cole (September 7, 1915 – April 9, 2019) was a United States Air Force colonel. During World War II, he was one of the airmen who took part in the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan, on April 18, 1942.
Apr 9, 2019 · Retired Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, the last surviving Doolittle Raider, has died. He was 103. "We're going to miss Col. Cole," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Tuesday. Goldfein said that he'd received a call Tuesday from Cole's son that the World War II veteran had "reunited with his fellow Raiders."
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Apr 9, 2019 · April 9, 2019. Richard E. Cole, who was Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the lead plane of a storied mission in the history of American air power, the bombing raid on Japan in retaliation for...
Apr 9, 2019. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, the last surviving Doolittle Raider, tours a U.S. Navy B-25 Mitchell similar to the aircraft he co-piloted. Cole has died at age...
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Apr 10, 2019 · The last surviving participant in one of World War II’s most daring air raids passed away Tuesday at the age of 103 years old. Richard E. Cole was the co-pilot in the lead plane of the “Doolittle Raid” which was launched to retaliate against Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor months before.
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Apr 14, 2014 · "The Pacific was a Japanese lake," stated Col. Richard E. Cole, retired, raider and co-pilot of Doolittle's plane. Cole, who was a second lieutenant at the time of the mission's birth, was...
Apr 11, 2019 · April 10, 2019 at 8:20 p.m. EDT. The first crew of Doolittle Raiders, whose plane was the first to take off for a daring 1942 bombing of Japan. Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle and Lt. Richard E....
