Name:
Willard E. Freeman
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
32454255
Unit:
544th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
0000-00-00
State:
New York
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SSgt Willard E. Freeman, belly gunner of the B-17 42-29960 "Nymokymi", took off from station 106 in Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, UK on a bombing mission over Gnome and Rhone-Le Mans factory complexes at 1100. The plane was hit by flak and fighter fire, losing its no.4 engine. The crew bailed out of the burning plane. Freeman escaped back to the UK by the Pyrenees/Spain/Gibraltar route and returned on December 12th 1943. His full E&E report is #263.