Born in Napa, California, June 22, 1916, Graduated from the Napa High School, June 1937
Enrolled in the University of California, Davis, August 1937
Withdrew before the close of the semester

Military Service

MILITARY HISTORY
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Militay Training

Enlisted in the Army of the United States as Private, 13 March 1942. Enrolled as an Aviation Cadet, 25 March 1942.
From Mar 1942 to Nov 1942; Private and Aviation Cadet; Reception Center & 46th AB Sq, Hamilton Field, Calif; AAF Repl Tng Cen, Santa Ana, Calif; Avn Tng Cen, Oxnard, Calif; AAF Basic Fly Sch, Gardner, Calif; AAF Adv Fly Sch, Roswell, N. M.
Graduated from the AAF Aviation Cadet Training Program as Pilot and honorably discharged 29 October 1942.

COMMISSIONED Second Lieutenant, ACR, 30 October 1942; accepted appointment and entered on active duty same date.
COMMISSIONED First Lieutenant, AUS, 13 March 1943,

Active Service Assignments

From Nov 1942 to Jan 1943; Co-Pilot and Pilot, duty with 402d Bomb Sq, 39th Bomb Gp, Davis-Monthan AAF, Tucson, Ariz.
Jan 1943 to Mar 1943; Pilot, 459th Bomb Sq, 330th Bomb Gp, AAF, Alamogordo, N. M.
Mar 1943 to May 1943; Pilot, 356th Bomb Sq, Clovis, N, M, & AAF, Topeka, Kan.
May 1943 to Aug 1943; Pilot, 330th Bomb Sq, 93d Bomb Gp, European Theater of Operations.
In Service 1 year, 4 months and 19 days.

Lieutenant Olliffe was killed in action 1 August 1943, in Bulgaria.

Decorations and Awards

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.
AIR MEDAL.
PURPLE HEART (Posthumous).
AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION EMBLEM.
EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL with four Bronze Service Stars for participation in the
Air Offensive Europe, Sicily, Tunisia and Air Combat Campaigns.
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL.
AVIATION BADGE ‘Pilot’.