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8th Tactical Fighter Wing Founded :
Served in Vietnam
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8th Tactical Fighter Wing
8th Tactical Fighter Wing Artwork Collection |
Colonel Robin Olds by Ivan Berryman. | Gear Up - Go! by Ivan Berryman. |
Known Aces for this squadron |
Ace Name | Victories |
Robin Olds | 13.00 |
8th Tactical Fighter Wing Aircraft details |
8th Tactical Fighter Wing Pilot and aircrew signature details |
Brigadier General Robin Olds Our estimated value of this signature : £55 Died : 2007 | Brigadier General Robin Olds After leaving West Point in June 1943, Robin Olds was posted to the 479th Fighter Group in England, joining 434 Squadron. Based at Wattisham in East Anglia, and flying P-38s, he was involved in heavy bomber escort duties and fighter sweeps until the Normandy invasion, soon after which his Squadron converted to P51 Mustangs. by early 1945 Robin Olds was in command of 434 Squadron taking part in the Battle of the Bulge, flying escort missions, and providing air support to the airborne attack across the Rhine. At the end of World War II Robin Olds had 24.5 victories, of which 13 were in the air. Later in Vietnam Robin Olds gained four more victories, flying F4 Phantoms and flew with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing. Sadly, Robin Olds passed away on 14th June 2007. |
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