Description
Robin Olds was a hard drinking, hard working man who led from the front in a way that inspired his men to become a great fighting force. He only became frustrated when he saw mistakes being made by those above him who should have known better and he went out of his way to make his feelings known. He defined what it meant to be a fighter pilot, not only in the air but on the ground with the stunningly beautiful Hollywood actress, Ella Raines, the first of his 4 wives.
The court-martial of General William "Billy" Mitchell 1925
West Point students
A P-38 Lightning
A digital representation of SCAT II
A Bf109
Olds and his P51 Mustang SCAT VI
A P80 Shooting Star
The Gloster Meteor
An F86 Sabre of the 71st, Hat in the Ring Sqn
The F4 Phantom
Robin Olds completes his 100th combat mission
Robin Olds in Vietnam after his 4th Mig kill
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to those images in the Public Domain, the Bundesarchive, the USAF, Digital Combat Simulator, Ruffneck88, USAF National Museum and RuthAS.
My logbook tales continue and after 5 months without an income the bucket of shekels I had to keep us afloat was starting to run dry... I could see glimpses of the bottom. Luckily the mortgage on our modest 2 up, 2 down, 250 year old, Scottish stone, terraced cottage at Leuchars wasn’t excessive...
Published 10/23/24
Stories from my logbook continue with the last few weeks of my service career, which were a blur of form signing, return of equipment, formal dinners, informal parties, speeches and gifts, all accompanied by feelings of regret and excitement at to what my future held. I flew my last flight in an...
Published 10/09/24