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Robert Olds

United States Army Air Forces officer (1896-1943) · United States · On the map · Died at 46

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.

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Lived 1896 to 1943 · aged 46