All things dealing with the Civil War Navies and actions along the coasts and rivers and against forts. Emphasis will be placed on Fort Fisher and all operations around Wilmington, NC. And, of course, the Blockade and Running the Blockade.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Richard E. Cole, Doolittle Raider (1915 - 2019)
From Wikipedia.
Richard Eugene Cole (September 7, 1915 - April 9, 2019)
A career officer in the United States Air Force. He was one of the airmen who took part in the Doolittle Raid, April 18, 1942, serving as the co-pilot to Jimmy Doolittle in the lead airplane on the raid. He eventually reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Cole remained in China after the raid until June 1943, and served again in the China Burma India Theater from October 1943 until June 1944. He later served as Operations Advisor to the Venezuelan Air Force from 1959-1962. He retired from the Air Force in 1916 and became the last surviving Doolittle Raider in 2016.
Labels:
deaths,
Doolittle Raid,
World War II
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