Chesley Hines Robertson

Military

media-19123.jpeg UPL 19123 133 Eagle Squadron pilots during Operation Jubilee. 19 August 1942. Left to right: Chesley Robertson, Bill Arends, Charles Cook, Edwin "Jessie" Taylor, and Don Blakeslee.
Note: Blakeslee's name is written on the left side of his life jacket.

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Object Number - UPL 19123 - 133 Eagle Squadron pilots during Operation Jubilee. 19 August 1942. Left to right: Chesley Robertson, Bill Arends, Charles Cook, Edwin "Jessie"...

Joined RCAF, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS 4FG 8AF USAAF, transferred to 8th AFSC, 2nd Air Base Depot.

Discharged from the USAAF in 1946

Post War:

Captain, Ethiopian Airlines/Saudi Arabian Airlines/Trans World Airlines

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Units served with

336th Fighter Squadron

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

Base Air Depot 2

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

No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Type Category: Fighter

Colonel Neal Creighton, General H.H. Arnold, Major General Henry J.F. Miller, and General Ira C. Eaker. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 3 Sept 1943.' [stamp], '34579.' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'US ARMY AIR FORCES OFFICIAL PHOTO. From left to right: Colonel Nel Creighton, of Chapel Hill, NC, Post Commander of Camp Griffiss, General H H Arnold, Major General Henry JF Miller, Commanding General of VIII Air Force Service Command, and General Ira C Eaker, commanding General of

VIII Air Force Service Command

Unit Hierarchy: Command
Air Force: Eighth Air Force

Places

Pilot Officer Kenneth Le Roy Holder stands on the shoulders of Pilot Officer Donald William McLeod to reach out for an American flag flying from a flag pole. A group of American airmen look on. They wear the insignia of the RAF Eagle Squadrons, the forerunners of the squadrons of the 4th Fighter Group. Passed for publication on 27 November 1941. Printed caption on reverse: 'Pilot Officer Kenneth Le Roy Holder from Buena Park, California, stands on the shoulders of Pilot Officer Donald William McLeod from

Biggin Hill

Site type: Airfield

Debden

Site type: Airfield

Duxford

Site type: Airfield
Known as: "Duckpond"

Eagle Squadrons Memorial

Site type: Memorial

Warton

Site type: Airfield
Known as: BAD-2

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	New Albany, MS 38652, USA	7 February 1923	Born - 7 February 1923 New Albany, Mississippi.
Other Transferred	Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK	9 October 1942	Transferred to 336th FS 4th FG 8AF USAAF.
Other Crashed	Feltham, Greater London, UK	22 March 1943	Forced Landing Atton Rd, Feltham Cat 3 damage pilot Lt Chesley H Robertson, 22-3-43. Miles Mstr III DL774 2010ATS 8AF
Died	Marianna, FL, USA	17 December 1975	Died - 17 December 1975 Marianna, Florida.
	Fort Worth, TX, USA
Buried	New Albany Cemetery, New Albany, MS 38652, USA		New Albany Cemetery New Albany, Union County Mississippi, USA.
Other Joined RCAF	Canada		Joined Royal Canadian Air Force.
Other Assigned	Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK	9 October 1942	Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF.
Other Transferred	Warton, Preston, Lancashire PR4, UK		Transferred to 8th AFSC, 2nd Air Base Depot.
Other Discharged			Discharged from the USAAF.