Charles d'Olive (left )shot down a total of five planes during World War I and received a Distinguished Service Cross for his efforts. Nearly a century after her ace fighter pilot father shot down his first German plane, 73-year-old daughter Susan d’Olive Mozena (right, with her son John) flew onboard a B-52 with members of the 93rd Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base.

Daughter of WWI American fighter ace flies a century after her father's first kill 

By Nick Wooten
via the Shreveport Times newspaper web site

Nearly a century after her ace fighter pilot father shot down his first German plane, 73-year-old Susan d’Olive Mozena flew onboard a B-52 with members of the 93rd Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base.

The flight, meant to honor the 100th anniversary of World War I, took place Friday and went smoothly, said d'Olive Mozena and members of the crew after the plane landed.

"It was just beautiful," d'Olive Mozena said. "I had the best seat in the house. I was in the instructor pilot seat right behind the pilot and the co-pilot. I could see everything."

d'Olive Mozena's father was former 1st Lt. Charles d'Olive. d'Olive was one in a group of American Army pilots who were first trained to fly SPAD S.XIII — a French biplane fighter aircraft — during World War I. d'Olive recorded the 93rd Pursuit Squadron's first ever aerial kill when he shot down a German Fokker D.VII fighter on Sept. 12, 1918.

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