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Ed Saylor - Doolittle Raider

Discussion in 'WWII Obituaries' started by mcoffee, Jan 30, 2015.

  1. mcoffee

    mcoffee Son-of-a-Gun(ner)

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    "Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, one of the last survivors of the "Doolittle Raiders" who flew a daring World War II bombing mission over Japan just four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, died Wednesday near Seattle. He was 94.
    With Saylor's death, only three of one of the most storied group of airmen in American history remain. When the young men -- all volunteers -- took off from an aircraft carrier some 600 miles at sea on April 18, 1942, they numbered 80."
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/29/one-of-last-doolittle-raiders-dies-at-94/22553233/
     
  2. bronk7

    bronk7 Well-Known Member

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    very daring, plus, they took off before they were in the scheduled range...and attacked the enemy homeland!..imagine it<>1942 , Japan going by beneath you, you are about to drop some bomb action on it...!!
     

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