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Charles D'Olive [USA]

Name:Charles "Charlie" Rudolph D'Olive
Country:United States
Rank:First Lieutenant
Service:United States Air Service
Squadrons:93rd Aero, 141st Aero
Victories:5
Born:10 July 1896
Place of Birth:Suggsville, Alabama
Died:20 July 1974
Place of Death:Waterloo, Iowa
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)Charles D'Olive

Notes
A SPAD S.XIII pilot, D'Olive entered the Signal Corps at Memphis, Tennessee on 28 April 1917. Following flight training in the United States and at Issoudun, France, he was assigned to the 93rd Pursuit Squadron at Vaucouleurs on 22 August 1918. As the third highest scoring ace in the 93rd Aero, D'Olive scored the squadron's first victory on the morning of 12 September 1918, shooting down a Fokker D.VII near Vieville-en-Haye. After scoring four more victories, he was reassigned to the 141st Pursuit Squadron as a flight commander on 28 October 1918. Discharged from the service in February 1919, he married in 1939, had two children and became a corporate executive in Iowa. D'Olive was a member of the U.S. Fighter Aces Association.

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
"For extraordinary heroism in action near St. Benoit, France, 13 September 1918. Lt. D'Olive, in conjunction with another American pilot, engaged and fought five enemy planes. Outnumbered and fighting against tremendous odds, Lt. D'Olive shot down three enemy planes and outfought the entire enemy formation." DSC citation

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