Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle was the pilot and Lt. Richard Cole, who now lives near Comfort, was the co-pilot of the lead plane on the Tokyo bombing mission early in World War II.

The early departure also meant the planes would likely run out of gas before landing in friendly China. Cole was the co-pilot in the lead plane alongside the commander of the mission, Jimmy Doolittle.

U.S. officials were keeping secret the fact the planes had launched from a carrier ... Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor. James M. Scott W.W. Norton: 648 pp, $35.

About this story On the 62nd anniversary of Col. Jimmy Doolittle's daring raid on Tokyo, ... had filmed the 16 B-25 planes that took off from the USS Hornet on the morning of April 18, 1942, ...

Jimmy Doolittle’s flyers and the R.A.F. will be on the defense as well as the offense, ... Doolittle wangled the ailing plane to 300 feet and dropped out.

DAYTON, Ohio — The last of the Doolittle Raiders, all in their 90’s, offered a final toast Saturday to their fallen comrades, as they pondered their place in history after a day of fanfare ab… ...

Jimmy Doolittle specifically had told the Raiders not to fly to Russia. The Soviets held the plane's crew for a year before the airmen finally escaped through what is now Iran.

Richard E. Cole, who was Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the lead plane of a storied mission in the history of American air power, the bombing raid on Japan in retaliation for its attack on Pearl ...

In 1943-44, WWII was at a turning point, and Jimmy Doolittle - one of the war’s most celebrated leaders - made a bold decision that nearly backfired. Known for his fearless leadership after the ...