15 missions - 8 as wing positions, then Command Pilot, Squadron & Group lead Operations Officer.

Assigned to the 445th Bomb Group at Tibenham, Bob served as Pilot, Command Pilot, and Squadron Operations Officer and Personnel Officer. Seven combat missions were flown as Command Pilot responsible for getting several squadrons assembled after take-off, flight to the target, the bomb run, and return flight to base. Squadron Operations Officer duties included aircraft scheduling for missions and continuous training of aircrews.

Bob’s most memorable mission came on 22 February 1945, a low level mission to Halberstadt, Germany, to attack rolling stock supplying Hitler’s war machine during the Battle of the Bulge. Fluent in German, Bob was utilized by the British Broadcasting Company in London to beam propaganda over Germany to advise them it was not our intent to kill or injure civilians in the bombing raids but to end the war as soon as possible. Post war he was employed in the Controller General's office and remained active in the Reserves.