Charlie Horstman was a B-24 Liberator command pilot who flew out of Italy during WWII. He was reactivated during Korea and the Cold War. He flew B-36s and B-47s.
His final assignment was as a B-52 pilot based out of Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine near Caribou. He died after his B-52 failed during maneuvers near Minneapolis; the airplane had flight delays taking off owing to maintenance problems prior to the flight. The plane tail rudder fell off in the air and all on board except the navigator Capt. Jack Craft were killed including:
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major S. O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--T/Sgt. Leon R. Lew, tail gunner, Skokie, IL
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, 70th Bomb Squadron, Dixon, KY
--Captain Bernard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA
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Charlie married (1) Evelyn LaRuth Tieman and (2) Wanda Elaine Luken on 25 October 1952 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the father of Steve (by Evelyn) and Kevin, Charles Nicholas (Nick), and Gregg Horstman. He was the brother of Cordes Wilfred Horstman.
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Newspaper clipping, Loring (?) Maine, 1958
In a quiet simple ceremony last Tuesday, the school formerly known as the Loring Sub-Primary was officially dedicated as the William C. Horstman Memorial Kindergarten.
The program was opened with a song by the children, "America," and then this year's Association President, Maj. John Coffey introduced Father Joseph Trask of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Caribou of which Capt. Horstman was a vestryman.
Father Trask gave the blessing and spoke of the goal toward which the school must ever strive in the making of good citizens.
He said that Capt. Horstman himself was a fine man and splendid example for all the children who would come to this school named in his honor.
Maj. Henry Wilson, next year's president, then accepted a bronze plaque from Marie Howard who had served as treasurer when Captain Horstman was president of the association.
"This plaque says what we all feel, and says it better than I can," Maj. Wilson stated. The plaque will be placed in the school which henceforth will be known as the William C. Horstman Memorial Kindergarten.
{Note: Son Charles Nicholas Horstman visited the base after it was closed and found that the plaque had been removed or stolen.]
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A memorial marker has been placed on the crash site of the B-52 in 8706 Broderick Blvd, Inver Grove Heights, MN.
His final assignment was as a B-52 pilot based out of Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine near Caribou. He died after his B-52 failed during maneuvers near Minneapolis; the airplane had flight delays taking off owing to maintenance problems prior to the flight. The plane tail rudder fell off in the air and all on board except the navigator Capt. Jack Craft were killed including:
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major S. O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--T/Sgt. Leon R. Lew, tail gunner, Skokie, IL
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, 70th Bomb Squadron, Dixon, KY
--Captain Bernard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA
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Charlie married (1) Evelyn LaRuth Tieman and (2) Wanda Elaine Luken on 25 October 1952 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the father of Steve (by Evelyn) and Kevin, Charles Nicholas (Nick), and Gregg Horstman. He was the brother of Cordes Wilfred Horstman.
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Newspaper clipping, Loring (?) Maine, 1958
In a quiet simple ceremony last Tuesday, the school formerly known as the Loring Sub-Primary was officially dedicated as the William C. Horstman Memorial Kindergarten.
The program was opened with a song by the children, "America," and then this year's Association President, Maj. John Coffey introduced Father Joseph Trask of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Caribou of which Capt. Horstman was a vestryman.
Father Trask gave the blessing and spoke of the goal toward which the school must ever strive in the making of good citizens.
He said that Capt. Horstman himself was a fine man and splendid example for all the children who would come to this school named in his honor.
Maj. Henry Wilson, next year's president, then accepted a bronze plaque from Marie Howard who had served as treasurer when Captain Horstman was president of the association.
"This plaque says what we all feel, and says it better than I can," Maj. Wilson stated. The plaque will be placed in the school which henceforth will be known as the William C. Horstman Memorial Kindergarten.
{Note: Son Charles Nicholas Horstman visited the base after it was closed and found that the plaque had been removed or stolen.]
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A memorial marker has been placed on the crash site of the B-52 in 8706 Broderick Blvd, Inver Grove Heights, MN.
Charlie Horstman was a B-24 Liberator command pilot who flew out of Italy during WWII. He was reactivated during Korea and the Cold War. He flew B-36s and B-47s.
His final assignment was as a B-52 pilot based out of Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine near Caribou. He died after his B-52 failed during maneuvers near Minneapolis; the airplane had flight delays taking off owing to maintenance problems prior to the flight. The plane tail rudder fell off in the air and all on board except the navigator Capt. Jack Craft were killed including:
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major S. O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--T/Sgt. Leon R. Lew, tail gunner, Skokie, IL
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, 70th Bomb Squadron, Dixon, KY
--Captain Bernard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA
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Charlie married (1) Evelyn LaRuth Tieman and (2) Wanda Elaine Luken on 25 October 1952 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the father of Steve (by Evelyn) and Kevin, Charles Nicholas (Nick), and Gregg Horstman. He was the brother of Cordes Wilfred Horstman.
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Newspaper clipping, Loring (?) Maine, 1958
In a quiet simple ceremony last Tuesday, the school formerly known as the Loring Sub-Primary was officially dedicated as the William C. Horstman Memorial Kindergarten.
The program was opened with a song by the children, "America," and then this year's Association President, Maj. John Coffey introduced Father Joseph Trask of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Caribou of which Capt. Horstman was a vestryman.
Father Trask gave the blessing and spoke of the goal toward which the school must ever strive in the making of good citizens.
He said that Capt. Horstman himself was a fine man and splendid example for all the children who would come to this school named in his honor.
Maj. Henry Wilson, next year's president, then accepted a bronze plaque from Marie Howard who had served as treasurer when Captain Horstman was president of the association.
"This plaque says what we all feel, and says it better than I can," Maj. Wilson stated. The plaque will be placed in the school which henceforth will be known as the William C. Horstman Memorial Kindergarten.
{Note: Son Charles Nicholas Horstman visited the base after it was closed and found that the plaque had been removed or stolen.]
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A memorial marker has been placed on the crash site of the B-52 in 8706 Broderick Blvd, Inver Grove Heights, MN.
His final assignment was as a B-52 pilot based out of Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine near Caribou. He died after his B-52 failed during maneuvers near Minneapolis; the airplane had flight delays taking off owing to maintenance problems prior to the flight. The plane tail rudder fell off in the air and all on board except the navigator Capt. Jack Craft were killed including:
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major S. O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--T/Sgt. Leon R. Lew, tail gunner, Skokie, IL
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, 70th Bomb Squadron, Dixon, KY
--Captain Bernard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA
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Charlie married (1) Evelyn LaRuth Tieman and (2) Wanda Elaine Luken on 25 October 1952 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was the father of Steve (by Evelyn) and Kevin, Charles Nicholas (Nick), and Gregg Horstman. He was the brother of Cordes Wilfred Horstman.
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Newspaper clipping, Loring (?) Maine, 1958
In a quiet simple ceremony last Tuesday, the school formerly known as the Loring Sub-Primary was officially dedicated as the William C. Horstman Memorial Kindergarten.
The program was opened with a song by the children, "America," and then this year's Association President, Maj. John Coffey introduced Father Joseph Trask of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Caribou of which Capt. Horstman was a vestryman.
Father Trask gave the blessing and spoke of the goal toward which the school must ever strive in the making of good citizens.
He said that Capt. Horstman himself was a fine man and splendid example for all the children who would come to this school named in his honor.
Maj. Henry Wilson, next year's president, then accepted a bronze plaque from Marie Howard who had served as treasurer when Captain Horstman was president of the association.
"This plaque says what we all feel, and says it better than I can," Maj. Wilson stated. The plaque will be placed in the school which henceforth will be known as the William C. Horstman Memorial Kindergarten.
{Note: Son Charles Nicholas Horstman visited the base after it was closed and found that the plaque had been removed or stolen.]
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A memorial marker has been placed on the crash site of the B-52 in 8706 Broderick Blvd, Inver Grove Heights, MN.
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Missouri; Captain, 69 Bomb Squadron, Air Force, World War II; Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster
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