42-97400 Fuddy Duddy

media-17756.jpeg UPL 17756 The Grossheim B-17 crew, shortly after arrival in Scotland, March 1944. BACK ROW
Lewis Scott (bombardier), Edward Grossheim (pilot), Thomas Flavin (co-pilot), Clarence English (navigator)

FRONT ROW
Clifton Storey (ball turret gunner), Pern Todd (radio operator), Samuel Ailey (top turret gunner), James Mason (waist gunner), William Pennington (tail gunner)

Not in photo - Walter Keinath (waist gunner)

Ed Grossheim's personal collection.

Object Number - UPL 17756 - The Grossheim B-17 crew, shortly after arrival in Scotland, March 1944. BACK ROW Lewis Scott (bombardier), Edward Grossheim (pilot), Thomas Flavin...

Delivered Cheyenne 26/2/44; Kearney 12/3/44 (LT Edward H. Grossheim crew, as "Little Stinker"); Dow Fd 5/4/44 (LT Edward H. Grossheim crew, as "Little Stinker"); Assigned 708BS/447BG Rattlesden 7/4/44 (renamed "Fuddy Duddy"); Missing in Action Misburg 30/12/44 with Wylie Leverett, Bob Mihovich, Jim Tiffany, Bob Hildebrandt, Roy Davis, Edwin Haynia, Earl Danhour (7 Killed in Action); Larry Adler, Harry Hunt (2 Prisoner of War); mid air coll, crashed Wenings, Ger?. Missing Air Crew Report 11228. LITTLE STINKER (before UK) aka FUDDY DUDDY.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Pilot / Comptroller
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16038722
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron Headquarters (447th Bomb Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-406173
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

30 December 1944

Revisions

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Contributorphil marchese
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Removed misidentified aircraft .

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Contributortimothymotz
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Timothy Motz; from a mission list kept by Harold Motz, compared with Doyle Shields, "History of the 447th Bomb Group"

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Contributortimothymotz
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Timothy Motz from info on 447bg.com

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Contributormdgtmstng
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:Little Stinker" notations, from the personal records of Ed Grossheim.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 11228 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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