Woodville Grady Rozzell
Military
Object Number - UPL 62154 - 1st Lt Woodville G. Rozzell
Assigned to 614BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Flew on 'Rosie's Sweat Box' B-17 42-97872. He completed 33 missions from 30-May-44 to 9-Aug-44.
Awards: DFC. AM (3OLC), American campaign, EAME (3BS), WWII Victory.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier, Enlisted, waist gunner; Nose Gunner, Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Hard Seventeen, Hard Luck
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 447th Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fearless Fosdick
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Freckles, Umbriago
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Fancy Nancy IV
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss B Haven
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 614th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
White County, Tennessee | 26 August 1923 | |
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Enlisted |
Chattanooga, Tennessee | 8 July 1942 | Enlisted Chattanooga, Tennessee |
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Other |
1 October 1943 | Commissioned 2nd Lt | |
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Other Discharged |
6 October 1945 | ||
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Died |
Black Mountain, North Carolina | 4 September 2009 | Died Black Mountain, North Carolina |
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Buried |
Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery Black Mountain, North Carolina | 7 September 2009 | Interred Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery Black Mountain, North Carolina |
Revisions
edited connections with info from http://401bg.org/Main/History/Crews/Details.aspx?CrewId=12561
Added a connection to A/C #42-97872 “Rosie's Sweat Box” listed in the "Summary biography".
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- self
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.401bg.org/Images/Archive/Full/Crew_Rozell.jpg# / son,
href="http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=256">http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=256>
