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I had the opportunity to meet Dick Cole at an airshow in Atlanta. At that time he was 100 years old but recalled the Tokyo mission like it was yesterday.
He also spoke about flying missions over "the hump" in the CBI theater. He was gracious and patiently answered questions although it was a...
Amazing thread here. I had no idea of the utterly terrifying nature of aerial warfare on the Western Front during the First World War.
Very violent and quite personal. Quite a different story than the fictional "knights of the air" version that I was raised on.
Thanks to Tim, Dino and others for...