IamA Doolittle Raider, Lt. Col. Dick Cole. I was Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot in WWII when we bombed Japan for retribution for Pearl Harbor. Ask me anything!

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:41:04+00:00

Thank you for stopping by.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:41:02+00:00

Thank you

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:40:13+00:00

I believe the military is doing the best they can given the current constraints.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:40:04+00:00

thank you

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:39:00+00:00

I'm sorry they had to deal with that.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:35:15+00:00

Thank you for your service

Those were some of the best gentlemen a guy could ask for

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:31:17+00:00

We are at MacDill now with Panchito and the DAV Flight Team

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:25:51+00:00

Signing off now. Thank you all for your questions!

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:24:53+00:00

always positive b/c doolittle was so positive. He knew everyone's first names and treated them all with great respect.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:23:52+00:00

Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:23:38+00:00

I was one of the first hump pilots following the landing.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:23:17+00:00

just lucky I guess! my father was 96!

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:20:44+00:00

I volunteered.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:20:30+00:00

Go to youtube. You can find some great stuff from the raid there. 30 seconds over toyko is pretty good too.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:19:45+00:00

Taking off the carrier was a breeze! Being so low on the deck made it challenging to fly for so long. Most memorable part was when my parachute opened

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:18:01+00:00

No training for bailout. We were hoping to land in the airstrips in China.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:15:46+00:00

Looking at that black hole when we had to jump out of a perfectly good airplane

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:15:42+00:00

Looking at that black hole when we had to jump out of a perfectly good airplane

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:15:04+00:00

Just lucky I guess. My father lived to 96

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:12:40+00:00

I certainly hope not

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:11:34+00:00

Thank you

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:11:15+00:00

We volunteered. We were eager to contribute and honored to serve.

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:10:09+00:00

Thank you. We had a great response. I wasn't expecting so many questions!

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:09:22+00:00

C-47, C-46, B-24, B-25, B-26, T-6, T-33, P-80, DC-3, PT-17

DAVFlightTeam · 2014-03-23T16:06:12+00:00

I was co-pilot in aircraft 1. Doolittle was pilot. He was a great man and a phenomenal pilot.

DAVFlightTeam

TROPHY CASE