Charles Roy Crewson^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1924 - 2005  (81 years)

• Name	Charles Roy Crewson  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36]
  Nickname	Chuck
  Born	2 Jan 1924	Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 26, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46]
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 May 2005	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States   [18, 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55]
  	Age: 81
  Buried	Cecil, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States   [27]
  Person ID	I143	Costner Descendants
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	George Grant Crewson, Sr,   b. 21 Jun 1887, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States ,   d. 18 Aug 1977, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Ada Jane Moon,   b. 28 Jan 1887, Ohiopyle, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 27 Mar 1968, Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States  (Age 81 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1913	Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States   [56]
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Virginia McCabe,   b. 10 Nov 1925, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States ,   d. 14 May 2012, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Married	1 Jul 1944	Victorville, San Bernardino, California, United States
  Children	1. Robert Alan Crewson   2. Charles Roy Crewson, Jr.   3. William Scott Crewson   4. Steven Michael Crewson   5. John Richard Crewson
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F63	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Chuck & Sue (McCabe) Crewson WEDDING PHOTO
  		Charles Crewson family top right: George and Ada aboard ship, leaving on another trip and with them Chuck and Sue. Middle right is Chuck Sr family. JR is being held by Bob, Chuck Sr, Chuck Jr, Sue, Billy, and in front of Sue is Steve. Bottom right: Bob, Charlie, Billy and JR and Sara, Billy's daughter. On the left is photo taken at the Arizona Memorial, Chuck and…
  		Chuck & Sue Crewson various photos taken by cousin Ann Crewson- Flannigan, during her trip to Pittsburgh, Pa, W Virginia and Ohio
  		Ohiopyle Methodist Church 2003 photo taken by Ann Crewson-Flannigan, on trip with Chuck and Sue Crewson. This is the church were George Grant Crewson and Ada Jane Moon were married in 1913
  		Ann Crewson-Flannigan trip to Pittsburgh
  		Charles R Crewson
  		Charles R Crewson

  
  

• Notes

  Biography by AMCF, niece, from a visit to his home in Pittsburgh, PA. Charles "Chuck" Roy Crewson was born at home, 97 Huntington Avenue, Buffalo, New York on January 2nd, 1924. He lived at the same house with his parents, grandmother Effie, and older brothers and sisters during his growing up years. He was closest to his brother Allen "Bud". He remembers the house and growing up there fondly. They had a pool table that he couldn't use until he was 10 years old. A pet alligator was kept in an outside pen close to the house. He remembers making popcorn in a long fryer with a metal basket top and making taffy with Grandma, stretching it across the room onto a meat hook. In high school he played trumpet in the band. His brother Bud had a whole drum set at the house and his sisters played the piano. Chuck graduated from Bennet High School. He didn't feel ready to go to college right after high school so in 1942 at age 18 he enrolled in the US Army Air Corp. Eleanor Roosevelt was at his swearing in ceremony. He really wanted to be a pursuit pilot in the war. After basic training, he went to pilot school 6 days a week, learning everything from taking orders to using a parachute. They would practice jumping from a parachute tower, 1000 feet from the ground. Parachutes at that time needed 1000 feet to have time to open, any less than that and you would be out of luck. Chuck took his actual training in the plane from a civilian instructor who was a stunt man and taught him all kinds of stunt maneuvers, speeding down from high heights in order to have the power to go back up and loop back. They were in a small open plane, noisy, 2 person plane, sitting one in back of the other. Other cadets did not have the same training. When it came time for their tests, he did poorly because he wasn't familiar with some of the required procedures. After that he was sent to Tennessee for Navigator training. The Navigator tells the pilot what to do, when to turn L or R, up or down, watches the sky, knows the stars... Chuck became an officer, First Lieutenant, when he graduated from Navigator School. His parents came to the ceremony in New Orleans by train and brought his high school sweetheart, Sue McCabe with them. Sue and Chuck were married in California and made their home on the base where he was in training. Chuck was then sent to Panama City, Florida for Gunnery school; he had never fired a gun before. After 8 weeks, he got his first set of wings for Aerial Gunner. Chuck wanted to get into the big planes, but was asked to stay as a Navigator Instructor, teaching cadets. After that he was transferred to Roswell, New Mexico to Bombardier school. He was the first person to be a Navigator Bombardier. While he was in New Mexico, he had a problem with infected wisdom teeth and had to be hospitalized for 1- 2 weeks. Even in the hospital he had to get up early, make his bed etc. The Bombardier sits in the front of the plane, big planes like the B17 and B24. The B29 was the new plane. It was never used in Germany, was going to be used in Japan. He got a second set of wings when he finished Bombardier school. Then he was sent to California for Bombardier Instructor training. When he finished that he was sent to Briefing Officer Training. The Briefing Officer lets the pilot know what the weather will be and the other instructions about the mission. Chuck was one of 5 people to be picked to learn secret radar equipment to increase the accuracy of bombing. The radar was never used in the Air Corps bombing. The bomber planes would fly in formation. When the lead bomber would drop the bomb, the rest of the planes would follow suit. You had to drop your bomb before landing or it might go off when you landed. From Victorville, CA, Chuck went to Bakersfield, CA. In Spite of a tempting offer, he decided to leave the military. He had the choice to be discharged from CA or from Buffalo, NY. Baby Bob was only 2 weeks old at the time. Chuck sent his father $90.00 to have his Model A roadster sent to CA on a flatbed car of a train. The Air Corp paid both he and Sue mileage to return to Buffalo. It was a precarious trip across country in December. The Model A had celluloid windows and a leather roof. They sealed out the cold by attaching hammocks around the outside leaving only the drivers side door open. The trip took 5 days, maximum speed 50 MPH. They only stopped to sleep 2 times. Chuck went into the inactive Air Corp reserves for 5 years. The 5 years was extended to 6 and then indefinitely. He never did get an official discharge so by rights in still on 24 hour call! Chuck arrived in Buffalo in December and started college at the University of Buffalo (now called NW State University) in January. Chuck and his family lived in the upper half of the house he grew up in at 97 Huntington Avenue. Grandad had remodeled the house, making it into a duplex and adding an enclosed porch. Chuck found the math classes easy after all of his training in the military, took every math class they offered, and graduated in Electrical Engineering in 1949. He enjoyed customizing his cars. At one time he added 8 switches to the dash board ...to tell him if the gas cap was on or off, to indicate turn signals, to indicate all four lights flashing, and to let him know if the battery was low on water. He added an ooga horn, a Model A horn, to all of his cars just for fun, to operate by pressing a button on the floor. Chuck lived and worked in Philadelphia for 13 years, Detroit for 4 years, and has been in Pittsburgh at the same house in 2425 Upper Wood Drive in Upper St. Clair ever since. He worked for ITE Electric, General Electric, Multi Amp in heavy industrial electrical sales engineering. After working for the large electrical companies, Chuck went into the hearing aide business, licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and in 1986 started his own home based hearing aide company, Crewson's Home Hearing Aide Service. His son, Bill, also worked in this business with him for awhile. He still has the equipment for testing and occasionally helps people with their hearing problems. Chuck and his whole family have enjoyed playing golf. 30 years ago he and Sue bought 5 sets of clubs and joined a country club and the whole family played. They also are beer can collectors. They have 4000+ cans in their basement. Their collection includes other beer papaphernalia such as lights; the ceiling is covered with beer trays. They would go to collectors shows and belonged to US and world beer can collecting groups. Now that Aunt Sue and Uncle Chuck are retired, they enjoy peace and quiet and traveling to visit their sons and families. At this time, Bob, his wife Cathy and sons, George and Daniel live in Florida; Charlie, his wife Kathy and their children, Marjory and Chuck Jr live in California; Bill, wife Linda and daughter, Sara live in Pittsburgh; Steve and wife Eileen live in Japan, and JR and his wife Kim are in Maryland. Uncle Chuck died at home with his wife, Sue and son, Billy present. He was receiving Hospice care for many months before his passing. Medical issues were lung cancer, a heart condition, and alzheimers.

  
  

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