Not a great deal is known about the Oklahoma Aircraft Corp, Yukon, OK only that they reburbished aircraft such as the A-26, DC-3 and the C-46 aircraft among many, for civilian use.

The company undertook standard maintenance and checks but mainly undertook interior and exterior upgrading of these aircraft.

After the war, a great many personel who worked at the A-26 Douglas Aircraft Company in Oklahoma, found themseves without work so many went to work for local companies such as the OAC who continued to keep surplus aircraft in the air and undertake conversions to civilian configurations for private companies.

 

A-26 N600WB below, was just one of the aircraft refurbished by OAC during the 50's and 60's.

 

• The company was located at Cimarron Field, now called Clarence E. Page Airport and is located just 3 miles west of Yukon, Oklahoma, Cimarron Field was one of about 62 contract primary flight schools, training pilots for the United States Army Air Corps during World War II
• Civilian Instructors taught military aviation cadets at the school.
• Cimarron Field was renamed Clarence E. Page Airport on Labor Day of 1978 to honor on of the primary founders, Clarence E. Page.
• 4,089 cadet pilots graduated from Cimarron Field during operations between March 1941 through August 1st, 1944.

 

 

	N600WB Serial #: 44-35617 Construction #: 28896 Civil Registration:   N7660C   N600WB Model(s):   A-26C   RB-26C   On Mark Marketeer Name: The Devils Own Grim Reaper Status: Displayed Last info: 2002   History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-35617. - BOC: May 15, 1945. - SOC: January 1958 - Assigned to 140th Base Unit, Moody Field, GA, May 1945. - Transferred to 4160th Base Unit, Hobbs Field, NM, Jan. 1946. - Transferred to 4135th Base Unit, Hill Field, UT, July 1947. - Transferred to Ogden Air Material Area, Hill AFB, Jan. 1951. - Transferred to 117th Reconnaissance Technical Wing (Tactical Air Command), Lawson AFB, GA, Nov. 1951. -- Modified to RB-26C configuration, June 1952. - Transferred to 10th Reconnaissance Technical Wing (USAFE), Toul-Rosiere AB, France, July 1952. - Transferred to 85th Air Defence Wing (USAFE), Erding AB, Germany, June 1953. - Transferred to 10th Reconnaissance Technical Wing (USAFE), Spangdahlem AB, Germany, July 1952. - Transferred to 737th Maintenance Group (USAFE), Chateauroux AB, France, March 1954. - Transferred to 10th Reconnaissance Technical Wing (USAFE), Spangdahlem AB, Germany, April 1954. - Transferred to 184th Technical Reconnaissance Squadron (Arkansas ANG), Ft. Smith, AR, 1955. - Transferred to 154th Technical Reconnaissance Squadron (Arkansas ANG), Adams Field, Little Rock, AR, 1956. - Retired to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1957. Unknown Owner, 19??. - Registered as N7660C. Ridge Associates Inc, Flint, MI, 1961-1963. - Registered as N600WB. Mid America Air Transport, Chicago, IL, 1966. Red Dodge Aviation Inc, Anchorage, AK, 1969-1972. John Steinmetz, Griffin, GA, 1977. Oklahoma Aircraft Corp, Yukon, OK, July 6, 1982-1987. - On March 17, 1983 the plane was seized by United States Marshalls in a drug raid in California, carrying a heavy load of marijuana. The Air Force flew the aircraft to Travis AFB, California, where it was placed in temporary storage. On January 3, 1984 a federal judge returned the plane to USAF control, but it remained at Travis for several years. Air Force personnel there repainted the aircraft in original USAF markings and placed it on static display.  - Returned to USAF control by a federal judge, 1984. USAFM, Travis AFB, CA, 1987-1991. Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, UT, 1992-2002. - Displayed as 435617/BC-617/N/The Devils Own Grim Reaper. - Fitted with 8-gun nose.

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