On 18 April 1942, Lt. Col. Cole (then 2nd Lieutenant), flew from the deck of the Carrier U.S.S. Hornet on what would be one of the most daring raids on the empire of Japan during WWII. He was the co-pilot of a B-25B Mitchell bomber (piloted by Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle). His plane was one of sixteen like-bombers with a mission to bomb Tokyo and other key cities in Japan that day. This attack, America's first retaliatory strike, and only months following Pearl Harbor, would be a decisive blow, not to the Japanese war machine but to their morale and feeling of invincibility. It would ultimately lead to the turning point of the war with the Japanese risking a large part of their fleet and their resulting defeat at Midway in June of that same year.

The model is hand autographed by Colonel Richard Cole and includes a Certificate of Authenticity.

All airplane models are Hand Carved, Hand Painted Mahogany and come fully assembled with removable desk stand.

Dimensions: Wingspan, 16 1/2" • Length, 13 1/2 " • 1/48 Scale

Item # AB252TSS .. $224.95

• All models - UPS ground shipping just $4.98 each to anywhere in the continental U.S.•

This department is part of the Wonders Never Cease / Clem & Company store.