RICHARD BOLT Royal New Zealand Air Force officer. Born 1923, died 27 July 2014.
Second World War bomber pilot and senior RNZAF officer in the postwar years until 1980. His father was the pioneer New Zealand aviator George Bolt.
During the war, he served with the Pathfinder Force and flew Lancaster bombers.
Received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1945.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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