World War II Honoree

Robert Henry Belsinger

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Baltimore, Maryland

Honored By

VFW Post 7472

SERVICE NUMBER 33902865. ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY AT FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND. AFTER COMPLETING BASIC TRAINING AT MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, HE WENT ON TO BE TRAINED AT TYNDALL FIELD, FLORIDA AS AN AERIAL TAIL GUNNER (MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY 611). SHIPPED OUT FROM CONNECTICUT ON DECEMBER 12, 1944 FOR HIS OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENT AT IPSWICH, ENGLAND. AFTER NUMEROUS MISSIONS OVER EUROPE, HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY IN APRIL 1945 AND BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR. HE WAS REPATRIATED IN MAY 1945 AND RETURNED TO THE U.S. BY SHIP ON MAY 24, 1945. RECEIVED HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY AT MITCHELL FIELD, NEW YORK ON JANUARY 16, 1946. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN THEATRE MEDAL, AIR MEDAL WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.