Robert Thomas Latshaw Jr. (August 20, 1925 – April 20, 1956) was a United States Air Force flying ace of the Korean War, credited with shooting down five enemy aircraft.

On January 27, 1945, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and awarded his pilot wings at Boca Raton Army Air Field in Florida.

World War II ended before Latshaw could participate in combat missions and he left active duty on December 7, 1946.

[4] On May 3, 1952, Latshaw became the 13th American flying ace of the war, when he shot down his fifth MiG-15 over Yangsi, North Pyongan.

On April 20, 1956. he was killed in the crash of a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star near Boca del Rio Air Base in Venezuela.