Robert enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces on May
23, 1943 at the age of 18.
He was trained as a pilot of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
This aircraft was famous as the bomber that attacked Tokyo, Japan in 1942
during the famous “30 Seconds over Tokyo” raid commanded by General Jimmy
Doolittle.
Robert was assigned to train pilots for the B-25 with the
Western Flying Training Command stationed on the west coast of the U.S. The
WFTC was one of six subordinate commands established on July 31, 1943 under the
Army Air Forces Training Command that was established on July 7, 1943.
The headquarters of the AAF Training Command was in Fort
Worth, Texas.
Robert was discharged from the military on October 8, 1945
with the rank of flight officer.
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