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| USAAF 75th Joint Assault Signal Company  USAAF c1941 |
Pilot Captain Otis Oscar Perkins, O-374949 (MIA / KIA) Lawrence, KS MACR none Aircraft History Built by Piper Aircraft. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as L-4 Grasshopper serial number unknown. Wartime History Assigned to the 75th Joint Assault Signal Company. No known nickname or nose art. Mission History On April 29, 1945 took off piloted by Captain Otis Oscar Perkins on mission over Okinawa. His last words heard over the radio was "Here we go". When this aircraft failed to return, it was officially declared Missing In Action (MIA). Memorial Perkins was officially declared dead the day of the mission. He earned the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, posthumously. Perkins is memorialized at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) on the courts of the missing. He also has a memorial marker at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas. Relatives Jeff Myers (great-nephew) References American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) - Otis O. Perkins World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Kansas, 1946 page 10 FindAGrave - Capt Otis Oscar Perkins (photo, tablets of the missing photo) FindAGrave - Capt Otis Oscar Perkins (memorial marker photo) Contribute Information Are you a relative or associated with any person mentioned? Do you have photos or additional information to add? Last Updated
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