Max Norris Rahe

Guthrie Oklahoma… Max Norris Rahe… born Sept. 26, 1916… “My parents, Seretta and Wilbert, were part of the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889, homesteading north of Crescent,” Rahe said.

“Being the youngest of eight children, I was a baby when my oldest brother, Durrill Rahe, joined the service during World War I. He died on the battlefield in France.”…

As pilot commander of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber, he flew 35 combat missions.…

"I am lucky to have lived such a long, happy and successful life.”