Cole, Richard Eugene, Lt Col

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Last Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1081-Pilot, B-25
Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)
Primary Unit
1963-1966, Strategic Air Command (SAC)
Service Years
1940 - 1966
Other Languages
Spanish
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Lieutenant Colonel

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Home State
Ohio
Ohio
 Year of Birth
1915
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Dayton, Ohio		 Last Address
San Antonio, Texas
Date of Passing
Apr 08, 2019		  

 Official Badges 

Headquarters Air Force Air Force Retired


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Gold Medal




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Take Off Order
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Tail # 40- 2344
Target: Tokyo

Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle's bomber was the first over Japan and the first to drop its bomb load.  The four incendiaries fell at 12:30 p.m. (Tokyo time) to incinerate a large factory.  Doolittle then flew west to reach the coast of China after dark.  By 9:30 fuel was low and unable to find an airfield in the heavy fog, Doolittle ordered his crew to bail out among the mountains of China.  He then followed them into the night, his B-25 crashing on a nearby mountainside.  The only injury sustained by any of the crew was a sprained ankle. Local Chinese escorted the Americans to Chuchow from where they eventually returned home safely.


LTC Doolittle
 Position  Rank  Name Home Town

Notes

 Date of Death
 Pilot LTC  James H. Jimmy Doolittle  Alameda, CA    Sep 27, 1993  
 Co-Pilot Lt.  Richard E. Cole  Dayton, OH    
 Navigator Lt.  Henry A. Hank Potter  Pierre, SD   May 27, 2002  
 Bombardier S/Sgt  Fred Anthony Braemer  Seattle, WA   Feb 02, 1989   
 Eng/Gunner S/Sgt  Paul John Leonard  Roswell, NM

 KIA*

  Jan 05, 1943  

http://www.retirees.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123201041
http://www.veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.asp?ID=1308
http://www.doolittleraider.com/raid_photos.htm

Description
English: Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, Crew No. 1 Crew No. 1 (Plane #40-2344, target Tokyo): 34th Bombardment Squadron, Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle, pilot; Lt. Richard E. Cole, copilot; Lt. Henry A. Potter, navigator; SSgt. Fred A. Braemer, bombardier; SSgt. Paul J. Leonard, flight engineer/gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Date

18 April 1942(1942-04-18)
Source

http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/060217-F-1234P-117[2].jpg
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US Army Air Force

   
  1940-1946, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
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