Colonel Richard E. Cole Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
COLONEL RICHARD E. COLE
Born: September 07, 1915 in Dayton, Ohio
Died: April 09, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas
Biography
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).
Film Credits
2011-The-Restorers-{They-Were-All-Volunteers} (in person), 2014-CBS-This-Morning (in person), 2001-History-Undercover:-One-Hour-Over-Tokyo (in person), 2001-Journey-to-the-Screen:-The-Making-of-'Pearl-Harbor' (in person)
Style
-
COLONEL RICHARD E. COLE - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 156930Signature: "RE Cole/Co-pilot Crew #1" on verso of 3x1½ portion of ruled index card. On April 18, 1942, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and 79 other fighter pilots ("Doolittle's Raiders") bombed Tokyo, the first air attack on the Japanese capital.Sale Price $126.00
$140.00
-
COLONEL RICHARD E. COLE - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 276110Signature: "RECole/copilot crew #1", 5x3 card. Led by James "Jimmy" Doolittle, 80 men on 16 B-25 bombers took off from the carrier USS Hornet on April 18, 1942.
Sale Price $126.00
$140.00
-
COLONEL RICHARD E. COLE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 276469Photograph of the crew of Plane #1, on which Cole served as co-pilot (Jimmy Doolittle himself was the pilot). Photograph signed: "RE Cole". B/w, 11x8½.
Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
-
COLONEL RICHARD E. COLE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 322801James 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.
Sale Price $216.00
$240.00
-
DOOLITTLE RAIDERS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1995 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 269871Photograph signed: "Tom Griffin #9", "R.E. Cole/Copilot Crew #1", "Travis Hoover/Pilot of B-25/#2 on/Tokyo Raid", "Nolan A. Herndon/(Man. Bom. Crew #8)" and "Bill Bower pilot #12". Color, 10x8.
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
-
DOOLITTLE RAIDERS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 276457Large, 11x14, photograph of Jimmy Doolittle and a recruiting poster for his famous Raiders signed by six of the 80 men who made the raid over Japan in 1942.
Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
-
JACOB DE SHAZER - COLLECTION WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 269474This is a matted collection of cards and a b/w photo of the deck of U.S.S. Hornet at the start of the Doolittle Raid, all signed by nine survivors of the historic raid. These men represent nine of the 15 bombers involved in the raid. It's a must have for World War II and aviation buffs!
Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
-
MAJOR GENERAL FRANCIS W. NYE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 28687114x11 photo of Japan's Foreign Minister signing the surrender document, signed by 15 US flyers from the Pacific Theater: fighter and bomber pilots, including one Doolittle Raider, two Enola Gay crewmen and six members of the "Black Sheep Squadron".
Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
