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Dick Cole: 1915-2019

机译:迪克·科尔(Dick Cole):1915-2019

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Richard E. Cole, a key participant in the first US offensive action against Japan in WWII, and who was the last surviving member of the Doolitde Raid, died in Comfort, Texas, on April 9, at the age of 103. Cole co-piloted the lead ship with Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle during the mission, which launched 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers with 80 men aboard from the deck of the USS Hornet on April 18, 1942 toward targets in Japan. Cole, then a 26-year old lieutenant who had joined the Army before the war, was hand-picked by Doolittle, who recruited only expert, mature aviators for the mission. Although the raid inflicted minimal damage on Japan, and all 16 aircraft were lost either to enemy action, captured, or crashed, it was both a huge boost to American morale and a shock to the Japanese military leadership, who felt the home islands were too far away from American forces to be at any risk.
机译:理查德·科尔(Richard E. Cole)是第二次世界大战中美国对日本的首次进攻行动的主要参与者,也是杜利特突袭队的最后一名幸存者,于4月9日在得克萨斯州凯富去世,享年103岁。在执行任务期间,与吉米·杜利特尔上校一起驾驶领头舰,于1942年4月18日从“大黄蜂”号战舰甲板上向日本目标发射了16架B-25米切尔轰炸机,载有80名人员。科尔当时是一名26岁的中尉,在战前曾参军。尽管这次突袭对日本造成的损失很小,而且所有16架飞机都因敌方行动而被损失,被俘或坠毁,但这既大大提高了美国人的士气,也震惊了日本军事领导层,后者认为本岛也是如此远离美军处于任何危险之中。

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