Gilbert Owen Halsey

Military
media-18543.jpeg UPL 18543 Capt Gilbert O Halsey 4th FG [HQ] 8th AF USAAF. Former Eagle 121Sqn, 335FS and 336FS pilot.

Object Number - UPL 18543 - Capt Gilbert O Halsey 4th FG [HQ] 8th AF USAAF. Former Eagle 121Sqn, 335FS and 336FS pilot.

He 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

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

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Event Location Date Description

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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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

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Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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