What is Richard E. Cole?
[[File:130906-F-JK230-001.jpg|thumb|Cole in April 1942]] '''Richard E. Cole''' (September 7, 1915 – April 9, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] officer. In April 1942, he was one of the airmen who took part in the [[Doolittle Raid]]. He was serving as the co-[[pilot]] to [[Jimmy Doolittle]] in the lead plane of the raid. He stayed in [[China]] after the raid until June 1943. He served again in the [[China Burma India Theater]] from October 1943 until June 1944. He later served as Operations Advisor to the [[Venezuelan Air Force]] from 1959 to 1962. He retired from the Air Force in 1966. In 2016, he became the last living Doolittle Raid airmen. Cole was born in [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]], [[Ohio]]. He [[Centenarian|turned 100]] in September 2015. He died on April 9, 2019, at the age of 103.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tdn-net.com/news/60988/last-surviving-doolittle-raider-passes-away|title=Last surviving Doolittle Raider passes away|date=April 9, 2019|access-date=April 9, 2019|work=Troy Daily News|first=Mike|last=Ullery|archive-date=April 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409171630/https://www.tdn-net.com/news/60988/last-surviving-doolittle-raider-passes-away|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cole, Richard E.}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American aviators]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War I]] [[Category:Military people from Ohio]] [[Category:People from Dayton, Ohio]] [[Category:United States Air Force]] {{US-bio-stub}}