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The Resource Dick Cole's war : Doolittle raider, hump pilot, air commando, Dennis R. Okerstrom

Dick Cole's war : Doolittle raider, hump pilot, air commando, Dennis R. Okerstrom

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With the 100th anniversary of his birth on September 7, 2015 Dick Cole has long stood in the powerful spotlight of fame that has followed him since his B-25 was launched from a Navy carrier and flown toward Japan just four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In recognition the tremendous boost Doolittle's Raid gave American morale, members of The Tokyo Doolittle Raiders were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in May 2014. Doolittle's Raid was only the opening act of Cole's flying career during the war. When that mission was complete and all of the 16 aircraft had crash-landed in China, many of the survivors were assigned to combat units in Europe. Cole remained in India after their rescue and was assigned to Ferrying Command, flying the Hump of the Himalayas for a year in the world's worst weather, with inadequate aircraft, few aids to navigation, and inaccurate maps. More than 600 aircraft with their crews were lost during this monumental effort to keep China in the war, but Cole survived and rotated home in 1943. He was home just a few months when he was recruited for the First Air Commandos and he returned to India to participate in Project 9, the aerial invasion of Burma
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource
Contents
  • Foreword / by General Arthur J. Lichte, USAF (Ret.) -- Preface -- Prologue -- The raid -- The hump -- The invasion -- Epilogue
  • Prologue -- The raid -- The Hump -- The invasion -- Epilogue
Isbn
9780826273550
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Label
Dick Cole's war : Doolittle raider, hump pilot, air commando
Title
Dick Cole's war
Title remainder
Doolittle raider, hump pilot, air commando
Statement of responsibility
Dennis R. Okerstrom
Creator
Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
With the 100th anniversary of his birth on September 7, 2015 Dick Cole has long stood in the powerful spotlight of fame that has followed him since his B-25 was launched from a Navy carrier and flown toward Japan just four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In recognition the tremendous boost Doolittle's Raid gave American morale, members of The Tokyo Doolittle Raiders were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in May 2014. Doolittle's Raid was only the opening act of Cole's flying career during the war. When that mission was complete and all of the 16 aircraft had crash-landed in China, many of the survivors were assigned to combat units in Europe. Cole remained in India after their rescue and was assigned to Ferrying Command, flying the Hump of the Himalayas for a year in the world's worst weather, with inadequate aircraft, few aids to navigation, and inaccurate maps. More than 600 aircraft with their crews were lost during this monumental effort to keep China in the war, but Cole survived and rotated home in 1943. He was home just a few months when he was recruited for the First Air Commandos and he returned to India to participate in Project 9, the aerial invasion of Burma
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1946-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Okerstrom, Dennis R.
Dewey number
358.40092
Index
index present
LC call number
D790
LC item number
.O39 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
American military experience series
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Cole, Richard Eugene
  • United States
  • Air pilots, Military
  • Bomber pilots
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • United States
  • TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
  • Air pilots, Military
  • Bomber pilots
  • Military operations, Aerial
  • United States
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Dick Cole's war : Doolittle raider, hump pilot, air commando, Dennis R. Okerstrom
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Publication
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-303) and index
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online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Foreword / by General Arthur J. Lichte, USAF (Ret.) -- Preface -- Prologue -- The raid -- The hump -- The invasion -- Epilogue
  • Prologue -- The raid -- The Hump -- The invasion -- Epilogue
Control code
928385044
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780826273550
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unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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0fe6e0c2-71fb-4e7a-a78d-21d917b5fa83
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not applicable
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unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)928385044
Label
Dick Cole's war : Doolittle raider, hump pilot, air commando, Dennis R. Okerstrom
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-303) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Foreword / by General Arthur J. Lichte, USAF (Ret.) -- Preface -- Prologue -- The raid -- The hump -- The invasion -- Epilogue
  • Prologue -- The raid -- The Hump -- The invasion -- Epilogue
Control code
928385044
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780826273550
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
0fe6e0c2-71fb-4e7a-a78d-21d917b5fa83
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)928385044

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