Charles Rudolph d'Olive [SEP] conflict
Charles Rudolph d'Olive
First Lieutenant Charles Rudolph d'Olive was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He was the last World War I aviator to be declared an ace, in 1963.
World War I.
Although born in Alabama, d'Olive later lived in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He enlisted into aviation service in Memphis during Bloody April 1917. He trained in France, and was posted to the 93d Aero Squadron on 23 August 1918 as a Spad XIII pilot. He scored the new unit's first
, 1887–1888
- John Elliott, Jun 1888-Dec 1888
- Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Dec 1888 - Jan 1889, "first time"
- Edward Laborde, Jan 1889 - Nov 1889, "second time"
- Robert Baxter Llewelyn, Nov 1889 - Sep 1890, "second time"
- Lawrence Riky Fyfe, Sep 1890 - Nov 1890
- Edward Rawle Drayton, 1890–1915
- Herbert Ferguson, 1915–1930
- Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood, 1930–1935
- William Leslie Heape, 1935–1940
- Charles Henry