42-37935 Wee Miss America
Delivered Denver 20/10/43; Gr Island 2/11/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-K] Horham 25/11/43; with L. Jeffers 13/12/43 Bombardier: J.C. Freeze-wia; 31m, Missing in Action Rostock 11/4/44 with Bob Westmyer, Navigator: John Johnson, Waist gunner: John Novak (3 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Phil Terry, Bombardier: John Rudnicky, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Paul Jett, Radio Operator: Bill Ligoe, Ball turret gunner: Roy Henderson, Waist gunner: Ellsworth Campbell,Tail gunner: Sam Hillwell (7 Killed in Action); flak & enemy aircraft set #2 & #3 engines on fire, crew landed Bad Dorkran, aircraft crashed Rerik-Mecklenberg, 19 miles W of Rostock, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 3805. WEE MISS AMERICA.
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Units served with
![The insignia of the 336th Bomb Squadron, 95th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395034.jpg?itok=yeGppt3y)
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
![The insignia of the 95th Bomb Group.](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-395032.jpg?itok=M8uiWk_r)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
![](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/media/media-21272.jpeg?itok=pLA1-9Rt)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron 349th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16052140
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner; Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 336th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot, Navigator
Places
![A bomber crew of the 95th Bomb Group outside a Nissen hut briefing room at Horham, August 1944. Image via Albert Keeler, 95th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: '"B" Briefing room, 95th Bomb Group (H) Horham, England "Full House" crew.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-387792.jpg?itok=Re_6xuO3)
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 11 April 1944
- Date: 10 April 1944
![A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-110081) nicknamed "Able Mable" of the 93rd Bomb Group, in flight 10 April 1944. First handwritten caption on reverse: '10.4.44 Bourges,' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'MIA 19/6/44.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/max_650x650/public/freeman/media-379232.jpg?itok=yvhuQoEJ)
- Date: 8 April 1944
- Date: 1 April 1944
- Date: 23 March 1944
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Failed to Return (FTR) |
11 April 1944 |
Revisions
Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3805 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database