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.

To LaVerne Barksdale Lusk, World War II national hero James H. Doolittle was "Uncle Jimmy." At a time when the United States was staggering under the load of being suddenly thrust unprepared into W… ...

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 ...

Jimmy Doolittle’s daring raid on Japanese was 75 years ago today. Published 2:55 pm Tuesday, April 18, 2017. by Will Watt Special to the Times-Enterprise. Will Watt.

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 ...

Now 101 years old, the man who co-piloted the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders' lead plane will be part of Ohio events for the 75th anniversary of the daring attack that helped turn the tide of World War II.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — One of the two remaining Doolittle Raiders died Wednesday morning in Missoula. David Thatcher was 94. Thatcher was a corporal during the 1942 mission and was an engineer ...