The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Deaths in 2014: Richard Bolt, RNZAF

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

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