Robert Hanley Halpin

Military

media-37813.jpeg UPL 37813 Ole George #42-31574 (358BS) VK-G 41st CBW High (358BS) - Pilot Maj R.H. Cole / CoPilot 1Lt B.M. Goolsby (Back L-R) 1Lt B.M. Goolsby (CP), Maj R.H. Cole (P), 2Lt F.M Lunde (N), 2Lt W.L. Hoover (B), 1Lt R.H. Halpin (TG-O) (Front L-R) T/Sgt D. Bumgarner (E), S/Sgt W. Chraniuk (BT), S/Sgt F.Z. Cueto (WG), S/Sgt H.J. Rothrock (WG), T/Sgt V.S. Kelley (R) Harry J. Rothrock

303rd Bomb Group web page & personal family albums.

Object Number - UPL 37813 - Ole George #42-31574 (358BS) VK-G 41st CBW High (358BS) - Pilot Maj R.H. Cole / CoPilot 1Lt B.M. Goolsby (Back L-R) 1Lt B.M. Goolsby (CP), Maj R.H....

Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions, 19 x as lead ship tailgunner/ observer, 5 x as co-pilot and 5 x as pilot. Moved through ranks from F/O to 2Lt to 1Lt as pilot.

Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

Post war: Re-enlisted in USAF serving in Korean conflict and rising to rank of Major.

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Units served with

303rd Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

359th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Places

Molesworth

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	New Haven, CT	7 November 1910	Son of Daniel Bernard and Anna Halpin.
Enlisted		7 October 1943
Other Discharged USAAF		26 August 1945	Honourable discharge.
Enlisted		15 May 1951
Other Discharged USAF		4 December 1968	Honourable discharge.
Died	Crown Point, IN	8 September 1983
Buried	Saint Mary's Cemetery, Crown Point, IN	14 September 1983	Saint Mary's Cemetery Crown Point, Lake County, IN
Based	Molesworth		Assigned to 359BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF.