Last Doolittle Raider Joins His Comrades
Retired AAF/USAF Lt. Col. Robert “Dick” E. Cole, the final surviving Doolittle Raider, passed away April 9, 2019, in San Antonio at the age of 103. He was Gen. Doolittle’s B-25 Mitchell bomber copilot and a survivor of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo during World War II.
A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, April 18, beginning at 3 p.m. in Hangar 41. The memorial date of April 18 also marks the 77th anniversary of the famed WWII Doolittle Raid. Air Force senior leaders, family and friends are expected to attend.
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, will be Cole’s final resting place. God rest his soul.
