Charles Joseph Hoey

30 August 1917-6am: Born in Harrison, NJ at 524 Central Avenue at home. Dr. A. A. Mulligan attended the birth. Information taken from birth certificate.

5 September 1917: Baptised at St. Pius' Church (Holy Cross Church), Harrison, NJ. Sponsors were Francis McSorley and Julia Denney. Priest was J.E. Holton.

1917-1920: Lived at 524 Central Avenue, Harrison, NJ. Charles' grandparent's home. Picture of house with children posing in front received from Terry Maloney Motler (March 1997)

-Owned a dog but does not remember name.

-Visited his uncle "Jimmy" and Mabel HOY (not HOEY) in Jackson Heights and another place. Confirmed by Arthur Hoey Sr.

1920-1924: 71 Rutherford Place, North Arlington, NJ

September 1922-February 1924: Attended first and part of second grade at Roosevelt Primary School at Stewart and Kearny Avenue. Dropped out of second grade after contracting scarlet fever.

Catholic Confirmation?

September 1924-June 1936: Second grade through eighth at Queen of Peace School and ninth through twelfth at Queen of Peace HS.

June 1936: Graduated from Queen of Peace HS

1924-June 1940: 874 Devon Street, Kearny, NJ

1936-1940: Attended VPI as ROTC cadet living in college dorms Sep-Jun each year. Graduated in mechanical engineering with aeronautical option. Charles decided on VPI as a result of being introduced to the university by his sister Mary's boyfriend, a class of '33 graduate.

6 June 1940: Graduated from VPI with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautical option.

1940: Bought first automobile, a 1940 black Chevrolet 6-cylinder Coupe. The only option purchased was a spotlight. Get receipt from Charles' file.

June 1940-Sept 1940: Glenview Naval Air Station, Glenview, IL.

Sept 1940-Feb 1941: Maxwell Field, Alabama. Was rated pilot in class 41-A, So. East Air Corp Training Center.

Feb 1941-Jan 1942: Hamilton Field, San Rafael, CA First assignment was in P-40s at Hamilton AAF and immediately on outbreak of war assigned to Glendale AF, CA. Assigned to 71st Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, at Glendale and checked out in P-38s at Muroc Field. Flew across North Atlantic in P-38s into England and ETO. Finished combat tour of 83 missions with 75 of them in P-47.

Jan 1942-July 1942: Muroc Airbase (Edwards AFB) and Glendale, CA

Assignments include Oscoda AAF, MI; Selfridge AB, MI; Suffolk County AB, Long Island, NY; Andrews AB, MD; Langley AFB, VA; Dover AFB, DE; Stewart AFB, NY; Landsberg AB (TDY in Seoul, Korea) and Ramstein AB, Germany; Chambley AB, France; the Pentagon, DC; Syracuse Air Defense Sector; MAG-Vietnam, Saigon, VN; Langley AFB, VA. Retired Lt Col USAF December 1964. Opened employment agency with wife in Richmond, VA in 1965. Retired from business after fifteen years.

4 July 1942-Sept 1944: 8th AF, Great Britain

Sept 1944-Oct 1944: Providence, RI and Westhampton Airbase, LI, NY

Oct 1944-May 1945: Oscoda, MI-Training French pilots in P-47

May 1945-1946: Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemons, MI-Training French pilots in B-26

1946-1947: Andrews AFB, MD

1947-June 1950: Langley (off base), Hampton, Virginia

12 February 1949-Marriage Certificate: Major Charles J. Hoey married Eugenie S. Zaloga at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in NYC, NY. Charles' uncle, Raymond "Father Ray" Kennedy officiated. Charles' best man was Captain Harry Cassleman. Ushers were First Lt. Lawrence McCarthy, ????? The bride's maid of honor was Fencia Zaloga. Girls were Shirley O'Connor and Doris Peeler. The newlyweds honeymooned at Virginia Beach, VA, Myrtle Beach, SC, and Cuba.

June 1950-July 1950: Langley (on base)

July 1950-Nov 1950: Dover, Delaware

Nov 1950--Mar 1952: Stewart AFB, NY

13 February 1952: Son Arthur Hoey born.

Mar 1952--? 1953: Landsburg Air Base, Bad Worishofen, Germany

20 May 1953: Daughter Patricia Hoey born.

? 1953-? 1953: Vogelsway/Kaiserslauten, Germany

? 1953-Mar 1954: Ramstein AFB, Germany

Mar 1954-Mar 1955: Montigny les Metz, France

Mar 1955-Sep 1955: Alexandria, VA

Sep 1955-1958: 6106 Brandon Avenue, Springfield, VA. First house bought for $*******. Stationed at the Pentagon.

About 1955: Bought Chrysler New Yorker, white with red leather interior.

1958-1960: 7380 Rosewood Circle, North Syracuse, NY. Second house bought for $21,000. Stationed at Hancock Field 26th Air Division.

About 1959: Bought Chrysler Windsor Coupe, white with green top.

1960-1961: APO.....Saigon, Vietnam

1961-1965: Yorktown Apartments, 130 Yeardley Drive, Newport News, VA. Stationed at Langley AFB.

1964: Bought a 1963 green Chrysler Newport later affectionately know as "The Green Latrine."

31 December 1965: Retired from Air Force.

Spring 1966: Opened franchise employment agency Schneider, Hill, and Spangler at 10 South 10th Street, Richmond, VA

1969: Bought first second car, a 1969 Pontiac LeMans in champagne with a brown vinyl top.

???: Moved company offices to the Farm Bureau Building at 200 West Grace Street.

1974: Bought a 1974 Cadillac Coupe de Ville in green with a black vinyl top.

1966-1971: Staples Mill Apartments, Richmond, VA

1971-1999: 10475 Cherokee Road, Richmond, VA. Third house bought for $41,000?

1980: Closed Schneider, Hill, and Spangler.

???: Bought a Cadillac El Dorado.

???: Bought a Chrysler New Yorker turbocharged 4-cylinder. Blue with a blue vinyl top.