He was the son of Alva Bryant Cantwell and Ola Lois Thomson and husband of Sybil Irene Cantwell. Captain Cantwell's final assignment was as a B-52 pilot based out of Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine near Caribou. He died after the B-52 he was navigating failed during maneuvers near Minneapolis; the airplane had flight delays taking off owing to maintenance problems prior to the flight. The vertical stabilizer on the tail fell off in the air and all on board were killed over a rural area 10 miles south of St. Paul (now Inver Grove Heights) except the navigator Capt. Jack Craft who parachuted to safety. The deceased crew members included:
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, command pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major Surles O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--T/Sgt. Leon R. Lew, tail gunner, Skokie, IL
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, Dixon, KY
--Captain Bernard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA
Capt. James D. Taylor, instructor, 70th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Wing
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, command pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major Surles O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--T/Sgt. Leon R. Lew, tail gunner, Skokie, IL
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, Dixon, KY
--Captain Bernard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA
Capt. James D. Taylor, instructor, 70th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Wing
He was the son of Alva Bryant Cantwell and Ola Lois Thomson and husband of Sybil Irene Cantwell. Captain Cantwell's final assignment was as a B-52 pilot based out of Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine near Caribou. He died after the B-52 he was navigating failed during maneuvers near Minneapolis; the airplane had flight delays taking off owing to maintenance problems prior to the flight. The vertical stabilizer on the tail fell off in the air and all on board were killed over a rural area 10 miles south of St. Paul (now Inver Grove Heights) except the navigator Capt. Jack Craft who parachuted to safety. The deceased crew members included:
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, command pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major Surles O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--T/Sgt. Leon R. Lew, tail gunner, Skokie, IL
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, Dixon, KY
--Captain Bernard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA
Capt. James D. Taylor, instructor, 70th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Wing
--Captain Wm. C. Horstman, command pilot, Kansas City, MO
--Captain Richard J. Cantwell, navigator, Phoenix, AZ
--Major Surles O. Gillespie, Jr., radar observer, Atlanta, GA
--1st Lt. Wm. F. Huskey, engineer, Norman, OK
--T/Sgt. Leon R. Lew, tail gunner, Skokie, IL
--Captain James D. Taylor, instructor, Dixon, KY
--Captain Bernard D. Lanois, instructor, San Diego, CA
Capt. James D. Taylor, instructor, 70th Bomb Squadron, 42nd Bomb Wing
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