447th Bomb Group USAAF Station 126 - Rattlesden  42-97400, Fuddy Duddy

Fuddy Duddy  No. 42-97400, a B-17G-45-BO, was built in Boeing’s Seattle plant and delivered to the USAAF on 26 February 1944, and ferried to England in early April.  It was assigned to the 708th Squadron on April 7, and began flying combat missions before the month ended.
Fuddy Duddy in flight - undated Unidentified ground crew with Fuddy Duddy around July 1944 708th Aircraft Mechanic Raymond Cobb with FuddyDuddy in 1944
Combat Missions
No. DATE TARGET PILOT 1 04/30/44 CLERMONT A/D Eastman 2 05/01/44 NOBALL - RECALL Hendel 3 05/07/44 BERLIN Herdic 4 05/08/44 BERLIN Herdic 5 05/09/44 LAON/ATHIES A/D Herdic 6 05/11/44 MALINES Socolofsky 7 05/12/44 ZWICKAU Herdic 8 05/13/44 OSNABRUCK Herdic 9 05/24/44 BERLIN Herdic 10 05/25/44 BRUSSELS Herdic 11 05/27/44 KARLSRUHE Gibson 12 05/28/44 KONISBURG Hanks 13 05/29/44 LEIPZIG Gibson 14 05/30/44 ST. POL SIRACOURT Cleveland 15 05/31/44 HAMM M/Y Chase 16 06/03/44 AUDRESSELLES Leitch 17 06/04/44 WISSANT Leitch 18 06/06/44 D-DAY TARGETS NORTH FRANCE Thorpe 19 06/07/44 NANTES Larson 20 06/12/44 CONCHES A/F Golden 21 06/14/44 FLORENNES/JUZAINE A/F Herdic 22 06/15/44 MISBURG Weigerink 23 06/18/44 MISBURG Weigerink 24 06/20/44 FALLERSLABEN KONINGSBORN Weigerink 25 06/21/44 BERLIN Thorpe 26 06/22/44 NUCOURT Gibson 27 06/23/44 ST. QUENTIN Douglas 28 06/25/44 AREA #1 "ZEBRA" Thomas 29 06/28/44 DENIAN-PROUVY Thorpe 30 07/06/44 BERCK A/F Bowers 31 07/07/44 MERSEBURG Hawkins 32 07/11/44 MUNICH Noonan 33 07/12/44 MUNICH Noonan 34 07/13/44 MUNICH Lakeman 35 07/14/44 AREA 10, CADILLAC Hawkins 36 07/16/44 STUTTGART Quintin 37 07/18/44 CUXHAVEN Hawkins 38 07/19/44 EBELSBACH Westrope 39 07/20/44 MERSEBURG Thorpe 40 07/21/44 REGENSBURG Quintin 41 07/24/44 ST. LO AREA Quintin 42 07/25/44 ST. LO AREA Young 43 08/01/44 AREAS 10 & 14 Thorpe 44 08/07/44 ANIZY LE CHATEAU Douglas 45 08/08/44 BRETTEVILLE Hawkins 46 08/11/44 BELFORT M/V Hawkins 47 08/13/44 SEINE R. AREA James 48 08/14/44 MANNHEIM Noonan 49 08/15/44 HANDORF A/F Carter 50 08/16/44 ROSITZ Hawkins 51 08/18/44 ST. DIZIER A/F Hysong 52 08/24/44 BRUX Hawkins 53 08/28/44 BERLIN Hawkins 54 08/31/44 BREMEN Thorpe 55 09/01/44 MAINZ Zammett 56 09/03/44 BREST Adam 57 09/05/44 BREST Noonan 58 09/08/44 MAINZ Hawkins 59 09/09/44 GRASSY Hawkins 60 09/10/44 GIEBELSTADT Hawkins 61 09/11/44 FULDA Hawkins 62 09/12/44 BOHLEN Wilder 63 09/13/44 STUTTGART Thomas 64 09/17/44 ARNHEIM Thorpe 65 09/19/44 KOBLENZ Hawkins 66 09/25/44 LUDWIGSHAFEN Wilder 67 09/28/44 MERSEBURG Hawkins 68 10/02/44 KASSEL Polansky 69 10/03/44 GILBERSTADT Polansky 70 10/05/44 MUNSTER A/F Moore 71 10/06/44 BERLIN Moore 72 10/09/44 GUSTAVSBURG Hawkins 73 10/12/44 BREMEN Hawkins 74 10/14/44 COLOGNE Hawkins 75 10/15/44 COLOGNE Hawkins 76 10/17/44 COLOGNE Zalewski 77 10/18/44 KASSELL Hawkins 78 10/22/44 MUNSTER Hawkins 79 10/25/44 HARBURG Hawkins 80 10/26/44 HANOVER Wing 81 10/30/44 MERSEBURG Lubinsky 82 11/01/44 RUDESHEIM Hendel 83 11/04/44 HAMBURG Myers 84 11/05/44 LUDWIGSHAFEN Folts 85 11/21/44 KOBLENZ Briggs 86 11/26/44 HAMM Buthe 87 11/27/44 BINGEN Rosenblum 88 12/10/44 KOBLENZ Scanlon 89 12/11/44 KOBLENZ GIESSEN Leverett 90 12/12/44 DORMSTADT Stanley 91 12/15/44 HANOVER Reck 92 12/18/44 MAINZ Leverett 93 12/28/44 KOBLENZ Shepard 94 12/30/44 MANNHEIM Leverett

The surviving B-17G, 44-83563, has been painted to represent Fuddy Duddy. For more Information, see Lyon Air Museum

See a radio-controlled Fuddy Duddy with a 19-foot wingspan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr3pCcUEUdo

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