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| Name: |
Wendel Archibald Robertson |
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| Country: |
United States |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
United States Air Service |
| Units: |
139th Aero |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
07 May 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Died: |
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Graduating from Yale in 1915, Wendel Archibald Robertson entered the United States Air Service in 1918. He scored 7 victories flying the SPAD XIII and was the highest scoring ace of the 139th Aero Squadron. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
10 Sep 1918 |
1650 |
139th |
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Pfalz D.III |
Mardigny |
| 2 |
18 Sep 1918 |
1610 |
139th |
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Pfalz D.III 1 |
Pagny-sur-Moselle |
| 3 |
18 Sep 1918 |
1610 |
139th |
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Pfalz D.III 1 |
Pagny-sur-Moselle |
| 4 |
28 Sep 1918 |
0915 |
139th |
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Pfalz D.III 2 |
Clery-le-Petit |
| 5 |
10 Oct 1918 |
1200 |
139th |
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Fokker D.VII 3 |
Andevanne |
| 6 |
23 Oct 1918 |
1615 |
139th |
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Fokker D.VII 4 |
Brieulles |
| 7 |
30 Oct 1918 |
1545 |
139th |
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Fokker D.VII 5 |
Villers-devant-Dun |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt HA Garvie, Lt Robert Lindsay, Lt GV Moy, Lt John Owens, Lt Karl Schoen, Lt RD Shelby |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Edward Haight, Lt Robert Lindsay |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt H Pointer |
| 4 |
Shared with Lt JJ Quinn |
| 5 |
Shared with Lt JH Carr, Lt JJ Quinn |
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| Books |
- American Aces of World War 1
- by Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (September 25, 2001)
- Over the Front
- by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
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