Wendel Archibald Robertson

Name:

Country:

United States

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

United States Air Service

Units:

139^th Aero

Victories:

Born:

07 May 1894

Place of Birth:

Guthrie, Oklahoma, USA

Died:

03 November 1963

Place of Death:

Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

Cemetery:

Forest Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

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 139^th Aero Squadron.

Jonesboro Weekly Sun, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Wednesday, 26 March 1919, page 9

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	10 Sep 1918	1650	139^th	SPAD XIII	Pfalz D.III	Mardigny
2	18 Sep 1918	1610	139^th	SPAD XIII	Pfalz D.III ¹	Pagny-sur-Moselle
3	18 Sep 1918	1610	139^th	SPAD XIII	Pfalz D.III ¹	Pagny-sur-Moselle
4	28 Sep 1918	0915	139^th	SPAD XIII	Pfalz D.III ²	Clery-le-Petit
5	10 Oct 1918	1200	139^th	SPAD XIII	Fokker D.VII ³	Andevanne
6	23 Oct 1918	1615	139^th	SPAD XIII	Fokker D.VII ⁴	Brieulles
7	30 Oct 1918	1545	139^th	SPAD XIII	Fokker D.VII ⁵	Villers-devant-Dun

1	Shared with Lt H A Garvie, Lt Robert Lindsay, Lt G V Moy, Lt John Owens, Lt Karl Schoen, Lt R D Shelby
2	Shared with Lt Edward Haight, Lt Robert Lindsay
3	Shared with Lt H Pointer
4	Shared with Lt J J Quinn
5	Shared with Lt J H Carr, Lt J J Quinn

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)