Career
He became a flying ace during the Korean War, shooting down five enemy aircraft. World World War II Robert Baldwin entered the Aviation Cadet Program of the United States. Army Air Corps on September 28, 1939, and was commissioned a second lieutenant and awarded his pilot wings at Kelly Field, Texas, on June 22, 1940. During the war, he took part in 75 combat missions, flying P-38s and P-40s in Europe between 1943-1945.
As a lieutenant colonel, in May 1945 he was the commander of the 71st Fighter Squadron based at March Field, California.
Korean War chronology 1948: Colonel Robert Baldwin served as a military observer in Palestine December 1948 to July 1949: Assistant Deputy for Maintenance and Chief of Flight Operations with Headquarters Oklahoma City Air Material Area at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma July to December 1949: Attended Air Command & Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama December 1949 to March 1950: Commander of the 56th Maintenance and Support Group at Selfridge Air Force Base, Michigan March 1950 to June 1951: Colonel Baldwin was Deputy for Operations of the 56th Fighter-Interceptor Wing at Selfridge Air Force Base June 1951 to February 1953: Staff of Headquarters Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado February 1953: Joined the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing in of Korea and was promoted to Commander after 3 missions.
Cold War chronology September 1953 to June 1955: Commander of Kisarazu Air Base, Japan June 1955 to November 1958: Commander of the 4750th Air Defense Group at Vincent Air Force Base, Arizona November 1958 to June 1962: Headquarters United States. Air Force in the Pentagon June 1962 to July 1965: Staff of Headquarters Allied Air Forces Southern Europe He retired from the service in June 1966.