World War II Honoree

Robert Edwin Hayen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Lyman, Nebraska

Honored By

Marge Currah, Maggie Layton, Alice Ross, Edwina Cisco

Relationship

Sisters

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCES AT FORT WARREN IN CHEYENNE, WYOMING ON FEBRUARY 24, 1942. HIS EARLY TRAINING TOOK HIM TO THE ARMY AIR FORCE PILOT SCHOOL AT MOORE FIELD NEAR MISSION, TEXAS WHERE HE EARNED HIS WINGS. FROM MOORE FIELD HE WAS SENT TO RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL. FOLLOWING PRIMARY TRAINING HE WAS STATIONED AT HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE NEAR SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA. FLEW P-39 AIRACOBRA SN 42-9112, A FIGHTER/INTERCEPTOR CRAFT CARRYING A 20MM NOSE CANNON. HE DIED OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION ON MARCH 23, 1943.