Robert Gabel Emmens (July 22, 1914 – April 2, 1992) was a Doolittle Raider and a career United States Air Force officer.

he was a co-pilot on one of the 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers under the command of Colonel James H. Doolittle that were left the carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) to carry out the Tokyo raid on April 18, 1942.

Limited to the same diet as the besieged Soviet people, mostly black bread and cabbage, the five crew members suffered malnutrition, dysentery and other medical problems.

Crewmen paid the smuggler $250–won in a poker game the night before the mission by the pilot, Edward J. York, to lead them to a British embassy in Iran.

After his return to the United States, Emmens attended and graduated from the Army Command and Staff School in Fort Leavenworth.

Emmens then served at Headquarters United States Air Force at the Pentagon from April 1948 to July 1950, when he was transferred to Salzburg, Austria, as an intelligence officer.

After his retirement, Robert Emmens returned to Medford, Oregon, his home town, and worked as a stockbroker and in real estate.

Colonel Emmens' decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross and Chinese Army, Navy, Air Corps Medal, Class A, 1st Grade, and the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure.