Auction Date:2016 Dec 01 @ 19:00 (UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST)
Location:2320 W Peoria Ave Suite B142, Phoenix, Arizona, 85029, United States
B-25 Mitchell 1:72 Scale Model Plane has been hand-signed in silver paint pen by RE Cole and David Thatcher (D. 2016). The model plane comes in its original packaging. Please note, the full model is a stock image. The exact plane the winning bidder will receive will have both autographed wings as shown above, see photos for more details.
As one of Doolittle Raiders, retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole defied the odds in what was considered a suicide mission to bomb Japan in 1942.
Mr. Cole was co-pilot for Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, who led 16 B-25 bombers on the mission that is considered an event that changed the nation’s morale following the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Mr. Cole was one of 80 Army Air Corps members who volunteered for the top-secret mission. The Raiders planned to take off from the deck of the USS Hornet, bomb targets in Japan and then land in China.
But the Japanese navy detected the Hornet, so the takeoff point was moved 200 miles farther away, leaving the Raiders with a very slim chance of making it to China after their bombing run. The Doolittle Raid marked the first time that bombers attempted to take off from a carrier. The planes had less than 250 feet of runway, and as the first plane to take off, Mr. Cole and Doolittle’s plane had the least amount of runway.
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2320 W Peoria Ave Suite B142, Phoenix, Arizona, 85029, United States
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