Ora Ralph Akins

Military
media-53073.jpeg UPL 53073 S/Sgt Ora R. Akins. 401BG.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 53073 - S/Sgt Ora R. Akins. 401BG.

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 37 x Combat missions. Carl Djernes crew. ETD

Awards: AM (5OLC), WWII Victory, EAME (3 x Battle Stars).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Carl Peter Djernes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19151298 / O-770601
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-102468

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Farmer's Daughter
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
Factory fresh B-17s

42-107151

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Cover Girl
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron

42-31485

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Old Ironsides
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

42-97869

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Hula Girl, Maid To Order
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron 615th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 401st Bomb Group, airborne in spite of the flak hole ripped into its left wing. Printed caption on reverse: '56751 AC- BERLIN DAMAGE- Flak over Berlin, March 18 1945, during the more than 1300 heavy bomber attack on rail and industrial targets in the capital city of the Reich, was responsible for the torn wing tip on the US Eight AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Intense anti-aircraft fire made things hot for the heavy bombers over the target. US Air Force Photo.'

43-38425

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Missions

896

  • Date: 19 March 1945
  • Official Description:
A B-24 Liberator of the 467th Bomb Group flies over Berlin during a mission. 18 March 1945. Handwritten caption on reverse: '18/3/45 Berlin.'

894

  • Date: 18 March 1945

892

  • Date: 17 March 1945

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Liberty, Iowa 2 June 1923
Kamrar, Iowa 30 June 1942

Enlisted

1 November 1943

Other

401st BG Combat Tour

Deenethorpe Airfield, UK 16 November 1944 - 14 March 1945 37 x combat missions

Other

Discharged USAAF

27 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Oregon 21 February 1977

Buried

Williamette National Cemetery 3 March 1977 Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA PLOT O, 0, 2443

Revisions

Date12 Nov 2021 21:16:24
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0810

Date10 Nov 2021 15:00:00
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/264579/ora-ralph-akins

Date10 Nov 2021 14:58:45
ContributorAl_Skiff
ChangesChanges to service number, biography, awards and events
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/648819355
https://www.fold3.com/image/173069638
https://www.fold3.com/record/725297282/akins-ora-r-us-veterans-gravesit…
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/138673955
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/264579/ora-ralph-akins

Date10 Nov 2021 03:52:07
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to role
Sources

http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0810

Date10 Nov 2021 03:51:35
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to middlename, nickname, awards, events, person associations, unit associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/44010_12_0…
http://401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=0810
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/264579/ora-ralph-akins

Date27 Sep 2014 18:20:48
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=810

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