FILE – In this April 18, 2015, file photo, two members of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, seated foreground, and retired Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, seated background left, pose for photos after the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal honoring the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force plans to mark the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders attack on Japan on April 17 and 18, 2017, and Cole, the only one of the 80 airmen still alive, expects to attend and help pay tribute to Thatcher, who died June 22, 2016, in Montana. (AP Photo/Gary Landers, File)

WWII vintage planes highlight Tokyo raid’s 75th anniversary

DAYTON, Ohio – World War II era bomber planes have rumbled over Ohio to begin events marking the 75th anniversary of an attack on Japan known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders’ attack.

The B-25 bombers that flew in Monday are on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton. The museum says 11 landed Monday and will take part in a flyover at Tuesday’s memorial service.

Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” Cole is the last alive of the original 80 Raiders. The 101-year-old Dayton area native plans to take part in the anniversary events, returning to Ohio from his Comfort, Texas, home.

Two B-1 bombers from the 34th and 37th bomb squadrons at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, are to fly over at the end.

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