Robert F. Oliver World War II Veteran  
 
 

 


COMBAT MISSIONS

March 12, 1944: Entered active duty

Service Outside United States:

Date of Departure  Destination Date of Arrival
13 August 44     European-African-Middle Eastern Theater 4 September 44
14 July 45      USA   3 August 45

Military Occupation

Months  Grade   Military Occupation Specialty
11 2nd Lt 1082 Co-Pilot (B-26)
2 1st Lt 1022 Bomber Pilot, Twin Engine (A-26)
3  1st Lt 2120 Administrative Officer
4 1st Lt 4000 Supply Officer
4 1st Lt 4902 Technical Supply Officer Airforce

Spent 200 hours in B-26  |  Spent 100 hours A-26  |  Approximately 50 combat hours

Battles and campaign
Northern France; Ardennes; Rhineland; Central Europe

The Ardennes Offensive, called Unternehmen: Wacht am Rhein (Operation Watch on the Rhine) by the German military, officially named the Battle of the Ardennes by the U.S. Army, and known to the general public as the Battle of the Bulge, started on December 16, 1944.