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.
Connections
See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.
Units served with
People
Places
Missions
- Date: 11 January 1944
- Date: 7 January 1944
- Date: 5 January 1944
- Date: 4 January 1944
- Date: 30 December 1943
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