Flying Officer Charles Woodrow Hostetler

1916 - 1944  (27 years)

• Name	Charles Woodrow Hostetler
  Title	Flying Officer
  Born	9 Oct 1916
  Gender	Male
  Education	1922 to 1927	S.S. No 12, Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  	Primary School
  Education	1927 to 1934	Kitchener Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  	Highschool
  Occupation	1934 to 1935	Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  Farming with father
  Education	1935 to 1936	Stratford Normal School, Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada
  	1st Class Teacher's Certificate
  Occupation	1936 to 1938	SS No. 9, Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  Teacher
  Education	1938 to 1939	University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  	Studied Electrical Engineering
  Occupation	1939 to 1940	Ontario, Canada
  Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario May 1939 to Oct 1939 - Queenston, Student Relief Oct 1939 to Nov 1940 - Severn Park, Operator in Training Nov 1940 - Bala, Operator in Training
  Military	Jul 1941
  	Enlisted in the RCAF Crash Boat Operator Navigator
  		RCAF WW2 Service File
  Died	29 Jul 1944	Eichede, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  	F. O. Woodrow Hostetler Presumed Dead Flying Officer Woodrow Hostetler is now reported presumed dead, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hostetler. Only a few weeks ago he was reported missing. The sad news is reported to have come through Red Cross channels, but no particulars are as yet forthcoming. New Hamburg Independent, August 25, 1944 In the area of EICHEDE which includes LASBEK - DORF and LASBEK - GUT and a/c crashed about 01.15 hrs. in the morning of the 29th July, 1944. No witnesses could be found who saw the a/c before the explosion which followed. It crashed near the farm house of Heir MEIN who saw only two bodies near the wreckage. A short distance away two more bodies were found, apparently they had baled out, but the parachutes failed to open fully. During the harvesting some three weeks later another body was found and taken to the cemetery at EICHEDE and buried with the rest of the crew. -From report of investigating officer J. Alison (page 41 in RCAF file)
  Buried	Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  		Headstone (Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
  Person ID	I885	Matthew Bowman Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Harry R. Hostetler,   b. 17 Jan 1887, Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 May 1950, New Hamburg, Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Roxie Toman,   b. 27 Mar 1889, Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Sep 1984, New Hamburg, Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Education - Primary School - 1922 to 1927 - S.S. No 12, Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Education - Highschool - 1927 to 1934 - Kitchener Collegiate Institute, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farming with father - 1934 to 1935 - Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Education - 1st Class Teacher's Certificate - 1935 to 1936 - Stratford Normal School, Stratford, Perth, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - 1936 to 1938 - SS No. 9, Wilmot, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Education - Studied Electrical Engineering - 1938 to 1939 - University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario May 1939 to Oct 1939 - Queenston, Student Relief Oct 1939 to Nov 1940 - Severn Park, Operator in Training Nov 1940 - Bala, Operator in Training - 1939 to 1940 - Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Jul 1944 - Eichede, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Buried - - Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Photo WWII Service File