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13. Find a grave has May Belle Hostetter's death from a crash and an article

Thu Oct 31, 2019, 05:07 PM

Oct 2019

The article is in place of the headstone image though there is a photo of that too.

She was a 2nd Lieutenant US Army Nurse.
She enlisted at Camp Carson, Colorado.
She was killed in an airplane crash in India.

Daughter of:
Walter Harold Pace
and Beva May Marsh

Wife of:
John Leroy Hostetter

Her actual final burial site is at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was buried there on January 10, 1949. She was originally buried at Kaliakunda Cemetery in India. See Find-A-Grave memorial 65278246

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81231243/may-belle-hostetter

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81231243/may-belle-hostetter#view-photo=180438531

Here is her memorial in Hawaii in Find A Grave
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65278246?search=true

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WWII mystery [View all] frogmarch Oct 2019 OP

kick mercuryblues Oct 2019 #1

Possible link ramblin_dave Oct 2019 #2

I hadn't thought of the time zone difference. frogmarch Oct 2019 #4

The member contact link frogmarch Oct 2019 #7

Impressed johndaly Nov 2019 #27

You might want to cross post that in the genealogy forum. Dem2theMax Oct 2019 #3

Thanks, I'll do that. frogmarch Oct 2019 #6

Interesting! Thanks for the look back in time! Karadeniz Oct 2019 #5

OMG frogmarch Oct 2019 #8

Wow this is an amazing coincidence FakeNoose Oct 2019 #10

Maybe neither one is in this photo freepotter Nov 2019 #23

I saw that later! frogmarch Nov 2019 #46

My cousin recently found a photo of my uncle with Patton during WWII. I didn't realize he was on Pepsidog Oct 2019 #9

How cool! What a frogmarch Nov 2019 #47

The "Col" may be his 1st name, not his title. May be short for Colton or Colman Arazi Oct 2019 #11

Also the nickname Andy might not mean Andrew is his first name FakeNoose Oct 2019 #12

I tried looking at his insignia with a magnifying glass frogmarch Oct 2019 #20

I'd never thought of that. frogmarch Oct 2019 #19

Find a grave has May Belle Hostetter's death from a crash and an article chowder66 Oct 2019 #13

Thank you! This is frogmarch Oct 2019 #15

Fold3 might have some more stuff and there is a free trial. chowder66 Oct 2019 #16

Thanks for the tip! frogmarch Oct 2019 #18

My pleasure and good luck! chowder66 Oct 2019 #21

An article snippet saying the other two on the plane were a radio operator and an engineer chowder66 Oct 2019 #14

Wonderful! frogmarch Oct 2019 #17

Lt Col Andrew Anderson? freepotter Nov 2019 #22

Diary/scrapbook of Lieutenant Colonel R.A. Anderson (R.A. might refer to Royal Army) Same person? Donkees Nov 2019 #25

Interesting diary! frogmarch Nov 2019 #29

His service begins in the same area in England that the other Anderson is buried, and as you know Donkees Nov 2019 #30

Thanks for the additional info. frogmarch Nov 2019 #32

His journal/scrapbook is only about 60 pages and includes newspaper clippings and a group photo Donkees Nov 2019 #33

I did see the photos, and frogmarch Nov 2019 #34

In my photo, Col. Anderson's frogmarch Nov 2019 #35

Here is a British Lieutenant-Colonel WW2 cap insignia from an unrelated obit on google Donkees Nov 2019 #36

I searched British military insignia too, frogmarch Nov 2019 #37

The search for Col. Anderson continues :) Donkees Nov 2019 #38

Thank you! frogmarch Nov 2019 #28

''Saunders and the crew chief were the only survivors.'' Donkees Nov 2019 #39

Very interesting post and a lovely thread. littlemissmartypants Nov 2019 #24

You took the words right out of my....er...fingers! A HERETIC I AM Nov 2019 #31

It's too bad that by the time we have questions like this and want to know our parent's history Fla Dem Nov 2019 #26

If it weren't for the Internet and frogmarch Nov 2019 #41

Well now we have something in common; witches and Salem Ma. Fla Dem Nov 2019 #58

We do, although as far as I know, frogmarch Nov 2019 #59

Yes his sisters, all children of William Towne and Joanna Blessing Towne. Fla Dem Nov 2019 #60

Photo: Anderson, Joseph William ''Andy'' 1943 Donkees Nov 2019 #40

Thank you for the photo and frogmarch Nov 2019 #42

Found a link on ancestry.com. Same name, same birthdate in minnesota, and a military photo Donkees Nov 2019 #43

I signed up at Ancestry and frogmarch Nov 2019 #48

''The India-China Airlift: all supplies had to be moved by air over the eastern end of the Himalayan Donkees Nov 2019 #51

What a coincidence! frogmarch Nov 2019 #53

That would be wonderful, and tomorrow is his birthday! I'm very happy that you found that clue Donkees Nov 2019 #54

Thank YOU! frogmarch Nov 2019 #55

I updated my post as you were replying. The India references belong to 2 other cadets on that page. Donkees Nov 2019 #56

Oh no. frogmarch Nov 2019 #57

JWAnderson AFBrat Dec 2019 #65

Grave: Fort Snelling National Cemetery Donkees Nov 2019 #44

I clicked to send a message frogmarch Nov 2019 #49

His brother was killed in WW2 and was in the same cadet class with him Donkees Nov 2019 #45

I'll keep this to compare frogmarch Nov 2019 #50

Both brothers were in the 5th A.F. This link has details of the crash. Donkees Nov 2019 #52

I saw something about it yesterday, but frogmarch Nov 2019 #62

Possible reason for the nickname ''Andy'' ... Donkees Nov 2019 #61

September 1944 USAAF Overseas Accident Reports Donkees Nov 2019 #63

Wow! frogmarch Nov 2019 #64