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Oklahoma Okie
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Oklahoma Okie flew its first mission to the "Flak City", St Nazaire in France on 29th May 1943. It was another French target which ended its combat career seven months later - Cognac airfield on the last day of the year. Further details of its time with the 91st Bomb Group and its final moments can be found in "Plane Names & Fancy Noses" and also "The Flight of Eagles" which deals with the evasion of waist gunner James Ross.

Service Record

  1. First mission on record 29 May 1943 St Nazaire
  2. 34 missions flown
  3. Missing, 31st December 1943; enveloped in flames and exploded near the IP, attacked by 7-8 enemy aircraft 31 December 1943
Fate
Missing, 31st December 1943; enveloped in flames and exploded near the IP, attacked by 7-8 enemy aircraft
Date
31 December 1943

Location

Known mission list

DateCrewTargetNotes
29 May 1943 Cox (Pilot) St Nazaire
11 Jun 1943 Cox (Pilot) Bremen
13 Jun 1943 Cox (Pilot) Bremen
22 Jun 1943 C E DeBaun (Pilot) Huls
Aborted		 R/E - ball turret malfunction
25 Jun 1943 Cox (Pilot) Hamburg
28 Jun 1943 Jackson (Pilot) St Nazaire
4 Jul 1943 Capt R W Weitzenfeld (Pilot) Le Mans Cat A - 20mm + mg
17 Jul 1943 M A Berg (Pilot) Hanover
25 Jul 1943 M A Berg (Pilot), ?????? (Co-Pilot) Hamburg Minor BD - (WG) Me109 destroyed
26 Jul 1943 Anderson (Pilot) Hamburg
29 Jul 1943 W H Wheeler (Pilot), Maj C G Gillespie (Co-Pilot) Kiel + T/Opp
12 Aug 1943 M A Berg (Pilot) Ruhr (Bochum, Gelsinkirchen)
Aborted		 R/E (S) - #2 + #3 eng malfunctioned
15 Aug 1943 Parker (Pilot) Flushing/Vlissengen Cat A - shell cases
17 Aug 1943 LtCol C K Wurzbach (Pilot), Col Gross (Co-Pilot) Schweinfurt CBW Lead a/c -- Cat A - flak + 20mm + 40mm (approx)
19 Aug 1943 Capt H T Lay (Pilot), Maj J C Bishop (Co-Pilot) Gilze/Rijen + Flushing (8 a/c) Cat A - flak + mg
24 Aug 1943 M A Berg (Pilot) Villacoublay Cat A - shell cases - failed to bomb, navig error
27 Aug 1943 Capt Parker (Pilot) Watten Cat A - flak; 1 WIA
3 Sep 1943 F F Peterman (Pilot) Romilly / Evreux Lead CBW - Cat A - flak
16 Sep 1943 H R Christensen (Pilot) Nantes Cat A - flak
27 Sep 1943 Capt R E Nichols (Pilot) Emden
4 Oct 1943 Capt R E Nichols (Pilot), ?????? (Co-Pilot) Frankfurt Cat A - flak + 20mm + mg (moderate BD)
9 Oct 1943 LaPoint (Pilot), ????? (Co-Pilot) Anklam Cat AC - flak + 20mm + mg + shell cases + self inflicted. 1 e/a damaged
3 Nov 1943 Capt R E Nichols (Pilot) Wilhelmshaven
5 Nov 1943 Dibble (Pilot) Gelsenkirchen Cat A - flak
7 Nov 1943 Dibble (Pilot) Wesel
16 Nov 1943 J R Westwood (Pilot), ????? (Co-Pilot) Knaben
Aborted		 Cat A - self inflicted
26 Nov 1943 Kerr (Pilot) Bremen Cat A - flak
1 Dec 1943 Kerr (Pilot) Leverkusen Slight BD
13 Dec 1943 J Klotz (Pilot) Bremen
16 Dec 1943 J Klotz (Pilot) Bremen Cat A - flak
20 Dec 1943 B T G Dudley (Pilot) Bremen
Aborted		 R/E (NS) - (CP) Sick
24 Dec 1943 B T G Dudley (Pilot) Lostebarne Noball # 68 Cat A - flak
30 Dec 1943 B T G Dudley (Pilot) Ludwigshafen
31 Dec 1943 B T G Dudley (Pilot), G E Neff (Co-Pilot) Cognac Airfield
Lost		 MISSING - near IP enveloped in flames and exploded, 7-8 e/a attacking.

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