Kenneth Lee Hornbeck, SFTS?

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Kenneth Lee Hornbeck, SFTS?

Post by georgetanksherman » Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:43 pm

Greetings All,

Seeing if I can get a bit of info on Kenneth Lee Hornbeck, from St. Louis, Missouri, joined the RCAF, was assigned to an S.F.T.S. in Manitoba to get his wings, but at the time there were 5 S.F.T.S.'s around Manitoba, so not sure which one he was assigned to. Somewhere along the way he transferred to the USAAF, promoted to Captain, in the Pacific flying B-29's with the 62nd Bomb Squadron, 39th Bomb Group

Appreciate any help if there is more info out there on him.

Cheers, and Happy New Year !

George

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Re: Kenneth Lee Hornbeck, SFTS?

Post by Temujin » Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:56 pm

Looking George. From the information below he was Stationed at RCAF Station Rivers, Manitoba. It looks like he had one of the “original” service numbers, which started with a “C”……..so his service number was C4578

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis, Missouri · Sunday, August 10, 1941
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Re: Kenneth Lee Hornbeck, SFTS?

Post by Temujin » Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:01 pm

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Champaign, Illinois · Friday, June 02, 1944
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Re: Kenneth Lee Hornbeck, SFTS?

Post by georgetanksherman » Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:38 pm

Wow, that was quick Temujin, Thanks

I am taking from the No. C/4578 that he was an instructor, and being assigned at RCAF Station Rivers, Manitoba, he was with the No. 1 Air Navigation School.

Gives me a direction to look further.

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Re: Kenneth Lee Hornbeck, SFTS?

Post by Temujin » Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:51 pm

georgetanksherman wrote:
Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:38 pm
Wow, that was quick Temujin, Thanks

I am taking from the No. C/4578 that he was an instructor, and being assigned at RCAF Station Rivers, Manitoba, he was with the No. 1 Air Navigation School.

Gives me a direction to look further.

Cheers

George
Here’s a link to a bunch of info, plus crew photo and photo’s of his uniforms

https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums ... -grouping/

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Re: Kenneth Lee Hornbeck, SFTS?

Post by Temujin » Mon Jan 16, 2023 12:01 am

His US service, including crew photo’s, aircraft photo, missions etc

http://39th.org/39th/aerial/62nd/crew53missions.htm

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