Gilbert Owen Halsey
MilitaryHe graduated from Cement High School. He attended the University of Oklahoma for one year before attending Spartan Air School. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force on 1-May-41.
assigned 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF
Probable Fw190 on Dieppe raid 19-8-42.
Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8AF USAAF 16-Sep-42.
26-Oct-42 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant
1-Dec-42 Designated Flight Commander A Flight
28-Jan-43 Promoted to Captain
19-May-43 Appointed Squadron Commanding Officer
Jul-43 Promoted to Major
13 AUG 43 Assigned to 4th Headquarters Squadron; Appointed Assistant Group Operations Officer (PD), Group Oxygen and Equipment Officer (AD)
1-Jan-44 Transferred to the 336th Fighter Squadron; Appointed Squadron Commanding Officer
Till 8-Mar-44. A Major in the U.S. Air Force he participated in the first flight in which the USAF used belly tanks and penetrated into Germany.
8 March 1944-45 468th FS, 508th FG Oahu, Hawaii.
Awards: DFC (RAF), DFC (OLC), AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
Post war:
Oil field driller, worked at locations in Arabia, South America and Africa. Pilot, Indian Mud Company.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 50th Fighter Group 313th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Nicknames: Olga
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Missions
- Date: 19 August 1942
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Chickasha, OK, USA | 10 November 1910 | Son of James Roy and Wilder T. [McGuffin] Halsey. |
Died |
2 September 1955 | ||
Buried |
Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, OK | 5 September 1955 | Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Oklahoma. |
Other End Tour of Duty (ETD) |
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Other Transferred |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
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EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
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