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Cole served as Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the lead plane of 16 B-25B Mitchell bombers that raided Tokyo and environs on April 18, 1942. He is the last of the Doolittle Raiders. (Senior Airman Brian Ferguson/U.S. Air Force)
Senior Airman Brian Ferguson/U.S. Air Force