Robert Olds
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Silver Spring |
Maryland | |
United States | |
Died | Tucson |
Arizona | |
United States | |
Years of service | 1917–1943 |
Children | Robin Olds |
Grandchildren | Christina Eloise Olds |
Susan Olds Scott-Risner | |
Robert Ernest Olds | |
Job | Army officer |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 638997 |
Robert Olds Life story
Robert Olds was a general officer in the United States Army Air Forces, theorist of strategic air power, and proponent of an independent United States Air Force. Olds is best known today as the father of Brig. Gen. Robin Olds, a "triple ace" fighter pilot of World War II and the Vietnam War.