World War II Honoree

Charles Frederick Ostling

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Yorktown Heights, New York

Honored By

Jeanette Ostling Corbi

Relationship

Niece

SERVED WITH THE 3508TH ARMY AIR FORCE BASE UNIT. ENLISTED NOVEMBER 1943. BEGAN HIS TRAINING AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND FROM THERE WAS SENT TO MAXWELL FIELD IN ALABAMA IN JULY 1944, WHERE HE WAS MADE A CADET SERGEANT. TRANSFERRED TO CONTACT PILOT SCHOOL AT PALMER FIELD, BENNETTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA IN SEPTEMBER 1944. MOVED TO CARLSTROM FIELD, ARCADIA, FLORIDA AND THEN ON TO SHAW FIELD, SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. ATTENDED ARMY AIR FORCE ADVANCED PILOT SCHOOL AT MOODY FIELD IN GEORGIA AND WAS COMMISSIONED A FLIGHT OFFICER IN APRIL 1945. ASSIGNED TO TRUAX FIELD IN WISCONSIN, WHERE HE WAS KILLED IN AN AIR ACCIDENT WHILE ON A SCHEDULED INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION TEAM RIDE IN AN AT-6-C AIRCRAFT ON JUNE 6, 1945 AT THE AGE OF 20.