COLONEL RICHARD E. COLE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 322801
Sale Price $216.00
Reg. $240.00
RICHARD E. COLE
James Doolittle's co-pilot on the Tokyo raid is shown in his youth wearing a pilots'
bomber jacket and his captain's cap (4x6¼)
Photograph signed: "R E Cole", B/w 4x6¼.James "Jimmy" Doolittle, and 80 men on 16
B-25 bombers took off from the carrier USS Hornet on April 18, 1942. The raid, which
marked the first time fully loaded bombers took off from an aircraft carrier, was in retaliation
for Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor."Doolittle's Raiders" hit targets in Tokyo,
Yokohama and other cities and scored a huge victory for U.S. morale at a time when Japan's
position in the Pacific seemed impregnable. Richard E. Cole (1915-2019) was the co-pilot of
Plane #1, piloted by Lt. Col Doolittle himself, which incinerated a Tokyo factory. The
crew bailed out over China, but all returned home safely. Cole continued to serve in the
China-Burma-India Theatre into 1944. Remaining in the peacetime Air Force, his duties
included Operations Advisor to the Venezuelan Air Force (1959-1962). As of April 2012,
Cole is one of five surviving members of the historic mission. Fine condition.
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