Remembering Bill Bower 80 Years Later

jeb111 · 04-18-2022, 11:38 PM

The last survivor died only in 2019, Dick Cole, the second to last David Thatcher died in 2016 I believe. He was in our local 4th of July parade in 2012 or13. They were really heroes in my eyes knowing that they didn't have enough fuel to make their bases in China because the Japanese busted them before their takeoff point. To a man they went anyway even though there was backup flight crews. That's guts!
Jim

04-18-2022, 11:38 PM	#6
jeb111 User Join Date: May 2018 Location: wyoming Posts: 279 Thanks: 733 Thanked 333 Times in 135 Posts	The last survivor died only in 2019, Dick Cole, the second to last David Thatcher died in 2016 I believe. He was in our local 4th of July parade in 2012 or13. They were really heroes in my eyes knowing that they didn't have enough fuel to make their bases in China because the Japanese busted them before their takeoff point. To a man they went anyway even though there was backup flight crews. That's guts! Jim