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Oakley Ragland föddes 1 mars 1923 i Fort Screven i Georgia som son till Oakley Ragland Sr och hans hustru Maria. Föräldrarna skildes efter några år och hon gifte om sig med Clarence H Wetherbee i Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale i Connecticut. Oakley fick två halvbröder; Kenneth och Arthur. |
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Oakley Ragland was born March 1st, 1923 in Fort Screven in Georgia, a son to Oakley Ragland Sr and his wife Maria.
His parents divorced after some years and she remarried Clarence H. Wetherbee in Thompson, North Grosvenor Dale in Connecticut. Oakley has two half-brothers; Kenneth and Arthur. |
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Oakley Ragland växte upp i North Grosvenor Dale. Han gick 4 år i Tourtelotte High School, arbetade som tidningspojke och senare som textilarbetare vid Grosvenor Dale Company. Sedan började han studera vid De Forest Institute for Radio and Communications i Chicago. Han anmälde sig till the Army Air Corps den 25 november 1941 i Hartford, CT. Han utbildades i radioteknik vid 93rd School Squadron i Scott Field, Illinois och i skytte i Kingman, Arizona och var färdig att flyga i november 1942. Han lämnade USA i april 1943. Oakley gifte sig den 12 september 1943 med Rosalie Juanita Burgess från Wellesville, Missouri. Hon bodde sedan i St Louis, MO. Oakley Ragland överlevde själva kraschen, men dog senare på platsen. Han ligger begravd i Malmö. |
Oakley Ragland grew up in North Grosvenor Dale. He attended 4 years at Tourtelotte High School, worked as a newspaper boy and later as a worker in a textile factory at Grosvenor Dale Company. Then he started to study at De Forest Institute for Radio and Communications in Chicago.
He registered with the Army Air Corps November 25th, 1941 in Hartford, CT. He was trained in radio technology at the 93rd School Squadron in Scott Field, Illinois and shooting in Kingman, Arizona and got his wings in November 1942. He left the USA in April 1943. Oakley got married September 12th, 1943 to Rosalie Juanita Burgess from Wellesville, Missouri. Later she lived in St Louis, MO. He survived initially but died shortly after the crash. He is buried in Malmö, Sweden. |
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