CA CA - Charles Ogle, 41, Oakland, 12 Aug 1964

How sad, he probably died flying his plane to Las Vegas.

Charles Clifford Ogle
missing 12 August 1964

Charles Clifford Ogle was a businessman and developer in San Francisco and Oakland, California, at the time of his disappearance. en.wikipedia.org

Of those three, one is believed to have been the remains of Charles Clifford Ogle, who disappeared in the area forty years ago. He departed Metropolitan Oakland International Airport in a four-seater Cessna 210 on the 12th of August in 1964. His family did not know what his destination was, although in 1985, William Ogle found his father’s mistress, who said that he was heading for a business meeting in Reno.

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Charles Clifford Ogle​

BIRTH 21 Jan 1923 Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA
DEATH Aug 1964 (aged 41) California, USA

US Navy Veteran of World War II and US Marine Corps Veteran of the Korean War.

Charles Ogle was a businessman, developer and aviator in Oakland, California, at the time of his disappearance. At 6 pm on August 12, 1964, Charles Ogle took off from Oakland International Airport in his Cessna 210A tail number N9492X. He did not file a flight plan and he did not radio the tower on takeoff. He was never seen or heard from again. It was later learned that his planned flight destination was Las Vegas. The fate of Charles Ogle remains a mystery.

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Cessna 210A aircraft similar to the one flown by Charles Ogle in 1964.