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Cole was the last surviving participant in the Doolittle Raid. Staff Sergeant David J. Thatcher, gunner of aircraft No. 7, died on June 23, 2016, at the age of 94. [5] [14] [15] Cole, who lived to be 103, was the only participant to live to a higher age than the raid's leader, Jimmy Doolittle, who died in 1993 at age 96. [16] [citation needed]
Edward Saylor died at an assisted living center in Sumner, Washington, on January 28, 2015, at the age of 94. [1] Members of his family revealed he died from natural causes. [ 7 ] His death leaves just two surviving Doolittle Raiders.
Lt Col. Richard E. Cole, Doolittle's copilot in aircraft No. 1, was the last surviving Doolittle Raider [82] and the only one to live to an older age than Doolittle, who died in 1993 at age 96. [ note 13 ] Cole was the only Raider still alive when the wreckage of Hornet was found in late January 2019 by the research vessel Petrel at a depth of ...
Guest columnist Eric Hogan writes about the Doolittle Raid, the first air attack by the United States against Japan in WWII.
He moved to Cincinnati where he engaged in accounting business. Griffin joined the Doolittle Raiders Association, and attended every reunion except the final reunion, which was scheduled for April 2013, due to him dying in February 2013. [5] [11] Griffin died on February 26, 2013, in a Veteran Affairs nursing home in Cincinnati, at the age of 96.
William Marsh Bower (February 13, 1917 – January 10, 2011) was an American aviator, U.S. Air Force Colonel and veteran of World War II.Bower was the last surviving pilot (e.g., aircraft commander) of the Doolittle Raid, the first air raid to target the Japanese home island of Honshu.
Prior to his death, York was interviewed in 1984 about his involvement in the Doolittle Raid and subsequent internment in the Soviet Union. [12] York died of a heart attack at his home in San Antonio on August 31, 1984, at the age of 72. He was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. [1] [13] Following his death, Jimmy Doolittle stated ...
An Army Air Force B-25 bomber takes off from USS Hornet at the start of the Doolittle Raiders attack on Japan on April 18, 1942. On Sept. 29, 1943, a remembrance stone in Duquette’s honor was ...