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Historical records matching Capt. Robert Henry Schlesinger, USAAF
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About Capt. Robert Henry Schlesinger, USAAF
- Robert's birth and death information are available at https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/robert-henry-schlesinger...
- During World War Two, Robert served as a captain in the U.S. Army Air Forces, as a pilot in the logistics air support command. See the Daily News, New York, N.Y., Sunday,, December 11, 1956, page C19.
- From https://www.milwaukeemag.com/HighSociety/:
- "Henry and Mona’s son, Robert Henry, the son she’d left behind, grew up to be a bit of a playboy. While involved with Tyrone Power’s estranged wife, former actress Linda Christian, Robert wanted to buy her jewels worth $132,000 from Manhattan’s Van Cleef & Arpels. He hatched a plan to sell bogus shares in a Louisiana oilfield and used his mother’s name, claiming she’d invested $500,000. There was no oilfield, and it’s doubtful Robert ever met his mother after she left Milwaukee. His investors soon caught wind of the scheme and stopped payment, causing Robert Henry’s checks to Van Cleef & Arpels to bounce.
- "Robert fled the country. An eight-count indictment was brought against him by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. “It’s believed Robert was exiled to the island of St. Croix by the family,” says Talg."
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Capt. Robert Henry Schlesinger, USAAF's Timeline
| 1917 |
November 5, 1917
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Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
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| 2002 |
April 28, 2002
Age 84
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Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
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