| Peter M. Busch | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Pete |
| Born | 1934/1935 |
| Died | (aged 51) |
| Place of death | Clark County, ID |
| Buried at | Colton, Washington |
| Allegiance | Template:Us |
| Service/branch | Marine Corps |
| Years of service | ?-1976 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| Wars | Vietnam War |
| Other work | Senatorial candidate |
Peter M. Busch (1934/1935 - April 10, 1986)[1][2] was a U. S. Marine Corps officer and the 1984 Democratic nominee for United States Senate in Idaho.[3][2]
Biography[]
Peter M. Busch was born in 1934 or 1935.[2] He was a U. S. Marine Corps fighter pilot during the Vietnam War.[2] He flew in about 400 missions during the war and was shot down once.[2][4] He retired from the Marine Corps as a lieutenant colonel in 1976.[2] He ran for the United States Senate for Idaho as a Democrat in 1984.[2][1] He was defeated by the Republican incumbent, Jim McClure,[3] receiving just 26% of the vote.[2] He moved from Lewiston to Caldwell in 1985[4] to help set up his campaign for the 1986 Idaho senatorial election.[2]
Death[]
On April 10, 1986, Busch was piloting his private airplane, a single-engine Piper, from Coeur D'Alene to a political convention in Idaho Falls.[2][4] The weather was rainy with heavy fog patches.[2] The plane crashed into a hillside near Dubois,[4] and he, his wife, and former Idaho state senator and Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Terry Reilly, the latter two of whom were passengers, were all killed instantly.[2][4] Busch and his wife were buried in Colton, Washington, on April 15.[4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lewiston Morning Tribune - Google News Archive Search". https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M4FfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3996,915296&dq=peter+busch+idaho+senate&hl=en.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 "Officials Confirm Three Dead In Crash Of Plane Carrying Candidatess". 1986-04-11. https://apnews.com/article/87fd3ff62a716aa2dc62b3e945ca8987.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Reagan's win changes little in Congress". The Oil Daily. 1984-11-08. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-3513403.html. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "The Spokesman-Review from Spokane, Washington on April 16, 1986 · 11" (in en). http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/572589970/?terms=Peter%20M%20Busch&match=1.
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