Haberman, Roger Anthony

Date of birth:: March 17th, 1916 (Ellsworth, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States)
Date of death:: February 2nd, 2005 (Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States)
Service number:: 0-9402
Nationality:: American

Biography

WWII ace credited with 6.5 or 7 victories.
He enrolled as an Aviation Cadet in 1940 and earned his commission with the United States Marine Corps the following year.
Assigned to Marine Fighting Squadron 121 (VMF-121), Haberman flew with Foss’s Flying Circus, an eight-plane group of Grumman F4F Wildcat pilots led by Marine fighter ace Joe Foss.
Haberman served two tours of duty with VMF-121, flying missions over Guadalcanal and other areas of the South Pacific.
He remained in the military after the war and eventually retired at the rank of colonel.

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Navy Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: First Lieutenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:: Marine Fighting Squadron 121 (VMF-121), Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14), U.S. Marine Corps Aviation, U.S. Marine Corps

Citation:
"For extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession while serving as Section Leader and a Pilot in Marine Fighting Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE (VMF-121), Marine Air Group FOURTEEN (MAG-14), FIRST Marine Aircraft Wing, in aerial combat against enemy Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands Area during the period 9 October 1942 to 22 January 1943. So skillful and daring was Lieutenant Haberman's leadership that during the above period his section of eight fighter planes shot down sixty-eight enemy aircraft. Lieutenant Haberman personally accounted for seven of them. On one occasion, after having been wounded, he returned to the engagement and shot down an enemy bomber. His courageous conduct and aggressive leadership were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."