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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Missions

  • Date: 15 February 1945
Ground crew attend to a crashed P-51 Mustang nicknamed "Baby Jo" of the 357th Fighter Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: ' Lt Noel Breen ran out of fuel 9 Feb '45.'
  • Date: 9 February 1945
  • Date: 6 February 1945
  • Date: 3 February 1945
  • Date: 1 February 1945

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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

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