Percy Henry Olieff

Name:

Percy Henry Olieff

Country:

England

Rank:

2nd Lieutenant

Service:

Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force

Units:

1, 55

Victories:

Born:

08 May 1895

Place of Birth:

Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

Died:

Place of Death:

The son of William and Harriet Olieff, Percy Henry Olieff scored his first victory as an observer with 1 Squadron in 1916. On 28 April 1917, First Class Air Mechanic Olieff received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 4610 on a Maurice Farman biplane at Military School, Ruislip. Sergeant Olieff was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 1 January 1918. Posted to 55 Squadron, he claimed four more victories flying the D.H.4.

Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
u/c	08 Sep 1916	p.m.	1	Morane-Saulnier ¹	Fokker E (DD)	Ypres
1	27 Nov 1916	1230	1	Morane-Saulnier ²	Two-seater (DES)	Vlamertinghe
2	03 Oct 1917	0800	55	D.H.4 (A7592) ³	Albatros D.V (DESF)	Courtrai
3	24 Mar 1918	1245	55	D.H.4 (A7592) ⁴	Albatros D.V (DES)	Mannheim
4	24 Mar 1918	1250	55	D.H.4 (A7592) ⁴	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Mannheim
5	24 Mar 1918	1250	55	D.H.4 (A7592) ⁴	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Mannheim

1	Pilot 2Lt T M B Newton
2	Pilot 2Lt Vernon Castle
3	Observer Cpl A Walters
4	Observer 2Lt S R Wells