Fighter Pilot: The Life of Battle of Britain Ace Bob Doe

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KU honorary degree recipient: Robert J. Dole – KU News". archive.news.ku.edu. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018 . Retrieved June 28, 2018. Sanger, David E. (December 5, 1995). "Dole at Forefront of Trade Battle To Aid Donor's Banana Empire". The New York Times . Retrieved March 8, 2021. a b c d e f Dole, Bob (September 30, 2012). "Bob Dole on life after losing the 1996 presidential election". The Washington Post. Brownstein, Ronald (April 15, 1995). "Dole's Hometown Folks Turn Out to Rally for 'Their Boy': Campaign: Russell residents, who helped the Kansas Republican in his darkest hours after WWII, present him with a new cigar box of contributions". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021 . Retrieved December 6, 2021. Allen E. Roberts (1992). Freemasonry in American History. Lists of Lodges. pp.408–410. ISBN 978-0880530781. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)

The last claim in August against a 109 was on the 26th, 20 miles north of Cherbourg at 20,000 feet but this resulted in a clearly fatal crash for the 109... 'chased E/A from 10 miles south of Swanage. Dived from above and behind at an angle of 30 degrees. Pilot slumped over controls and A/C went straight down. Saw him hit water.' JG 53 lost 3 fighters to combat with the RAF in this area, two (named) were rescued from the sea but Fw Holdermann was killed, described as being shot down into the sea off Cherbourg. He therefore seems the likely victim of Bob Does combat report. Elovitz, Paul (1996). "Work, Laughter and Tears: Bob Dole's Childhood, War Injury, the Conservative Republicans and the 1996 Election". Journal of Psychohistory. 24 (2): 147–162. ISSN 0145-3378. Dole and his wife, Elizabeth, accompanying President Bill Clinton, Senator (and future President) Joe Biden and other officials on a December 1997 trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina Employment President Clinton's impeachment trial begins". History. February 9, 2010 . Retrieved December 20, 2022. One hour later Doe landed to find that four of his colleagues had failed to return; but he had shot down two Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighters south of Swanage.The next day he destroyed a Bf 109 fighter and damaged a bomber; and two days after that he accounted for another Bf 109.The U.S. Congress unanimously passed a bill promoting the 95-year-old Dole from captain to colonel for his service during World War II in 2019. [1] [2] "I've had a great life and this is sort of icing on the cake. It's not that I have to be a colonel; I was happy being a captain and it pays the same," Dole said, jokingly. [124] Personal life Dole in 2009 with his wife, former cabinet secretary and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole October 1945 ( Gazette supplement 37291), it was announced that he was awarded the DSO. His citation is as follows: Kimmons, Sean (October 8, 2019). "Former Sen. Dole, a decorated WWII veteran, promoted to colonel". US Army . Retrieved December 5, 2021. Column: At 92, Bob Dole Still Talks Tough — About His Party". Valley News. February 7, 2016 . Retrieved March 5, 2016.

In just eight weeks he had risen from being his squadron's junior pilot to a flight commander with at least 14 victories.A few weeks later he was awarded a Bar to his DFC.On August 15 1940 - dubbed Adler Tag (Eagle Day) by Hermann Goering, the day he claimed he would destroy Fighter Command - the 20-year-old Doe was on standby with his Spitfire as part of No 234 Squadron at Middle Wallop, Hampshire, waiting for his first scramble.Years later he recalled: "I knew I was going to be killed.I was the worst pilot on the squadron." Norwich University Honors U.S. Senator Robert Dole in a Ceremony at the WWII Memorial in D.C. – Office of Communications". Archived from the original on August 26, 2018 . Retrieved August 26, 2018. Senator Roberts Makes History, Becoming Top Republican on Senate Agriculture Committee | The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry". www.agriculture.senate.gov . Retrieved June 6, 2018. From 1992 to 1996, Dole played a major role in mobilizing support for Bosnia in the Senate, and pressuring the Clinton administration and NATO to resolve the war there. [47] C.Q. Researcher (2017). Issues in News and Reporting: Selections from CQ Researcher. CQ Press. p.162. ISBN 978-1-5443-2226-1.

Bob Dole – Kansapedia – Kansas Historical Society". kshs.org. The Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011 . Retrieved December 5, 2021. Dole joined the United States Army's Enlisted Reserve Corps in 1942 to fight in World War II, becoming a second lieutenant in the Army's 10th Mountain Division. Dole remained active after retiring from public office. He appeared in numerous commercials and television programs and served on various councils. In 2012, Dole unsuccessfully advocated Senate ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He initially supported Jeb Bush in the 2016 Republican primaries, but later became the only former Republican presidential nominee to endorse Donald Trump in the general election. Dole was a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and special counsel at the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Alston & Bird. [3] Dole was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on January 17, 2018. He was married to former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina. Ceaser, James W.; Busch, Andrew E. (1997). Losing to Win: The 1996 Elections and American Politics. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-8476-8405-9.Two months later he formed No 10 Squadron, Indian Air Force, at Risalpur in the North-West Frontier Province, the last Indian Air Force squadron to be formed during the war.He arrived to find 27 pilots, most of them Indian, about 1,400 men and 16 Hurricanes.The rest was up to him. Maggie Haberman (January 20, 2016). "Bob Dole Warns of 'Cataclysmic' Losses With Ted Cruz, and Says Donald Trump Would Do Better". The New York Times . Retrieved February 9, 2017.