The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Charles W. Hesse
Rank
Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
January 13, 1953
Airman First Class Hesse was the turret system gunner on a B-50 jet bomber with the 328th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Wing, based at Castle Air Force Base, California. On January 13, 1953, while on a training mission the plane crashed near Gridley, California killing ten crew members.