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The 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders was commemorated April 17 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a B-1 bomber from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, was rechristened the “Ruptured Duck” and its new nose art unveiled in tribute to a B-25 Mitchell bomber that was flown during the Doolittle Raid in 1942. Ellsworth’s 34th and 37th Bomb Squadrons were the same squadrons selected by Lt. Col. James Doolittle to attack the Japanese homefront with hopes of raising the morale of allied troops during World War II. Attending the noon ceremony, held along the Wright-Patterson AFB flight line in front of base operations, was Richard E. Cole, a retired lieutenant colonel who served as Doolittle’s co-pilot on Crew Number 1. Cole, now 101 years old, is the sole surviving Doolittle Raider. He was joined by his daughter, along with the wife and family of Sgt. David Thatcher, who flew as the engineer/gunner on the Ruptured Duck. Thatcher died in June 2016.
| Date Taken: | 04.17.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 04.17.2017 17:58 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 519642 |
| VIRIN: | 170417-F-IX154-0001 |
| Filename: | DOD_104283396 |
| Length: | 00:24:58 |
| Location: | WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO, US |
| Downloads: | 3 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 3 |
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