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  • Lt. Col. Richard Cole, the Last Doolittle Raider, Dies at Age 103

    04/09/2019 11:47:54 AM PDT · by jazusamo · 67 replies
    PJ Media ^ | April 9, 2019 | J. Christian Adams
    (Photo credit United State Air Force) Sad news—the last Doolittle Raider has died. Lt. Col. Richard Cole passed away Monday at the age of 103. Cole was the final surviving member of the daring raid on Tokyo by carrier-launched B-25s. As I wrote for his 100th birthday in 2015: Col. Richard Cole was the co-pilot of "Crew 1," which means he sat alongside Col. Jimmy Doolittle at the tip of the tip of the American spear aimed at Imperial Japan. The Doolittle Raid on April 18, 1942, was a virtual suicide mission. It was a daring sea-launched bombing mission...