Hot Stuff Monument Installation and Dedication Ceremony in Grindavik, Iceland May 3, 2018
The monument Installation and dedication honoring the crew and passengers of the B--25 Liberator Hot Stuff. Hot Stuff, the first heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force to complete 25 missions in Europe in World War II, crashed on the way back to the United States to tour the country and help sell war bonds on May 3, 1943. On board was Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews European Theater of Operations Commander and his staff and three chaplains. All on board with killed except the tail gunner.
Gen. Andrews was to be notified he had been selected to lead all forces across the English Channel for the invasion of Europe. He was killed before he received the message. The job was given the name Supreme Allied Commander and assigned to Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower nine months later in February 1944.months later.
Two weeks after the crash the B-17 Flying Fortress was recognized for completing 25 missions with much fanfare on May 19, 1943, three and a half months after Hot Stuff and her crew did the same.
Hot Stuff and the Memphis Bell flew on the same mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany on March 22, 1943. Hot Stuff was on her 30th mission, the Memphis Bell was on her 10th mission.
Hot Stuff and her crew were soon forgotten. Gen. Andrews a great leader and recognized as the Father of the Air Force had Andrews Air Force Base (now Joint Base Andrews) name after him and was soon forgotten. He, Hot Stuff and her crew rightfully deserve long overdue recognition in American history.
Видео Hot Stuff Monument Installation and Dedication Ceremony in Grindavik, Iceland May 3, 2018 канала Jim Lux
Gen. Andrews was to be notified he had been selected to lead all forces across the English Channel for the invasion of Europe. He was killed before he received the message. The job was given the name Supreme Allied Commander and assigned to Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower nine months later in February 1944.months later.
Two weeks after the crash the B-17 Flying Fortress was recognized for completing 25 missions with much fanfare on May 19, 1943, three and a half months after Hot Stuff and her crew did the same.
Hot Stuff and the Memphis Bell flew on the same mission to Wilhelmshaven, Germany on March 22, 1943. Hot Stuff was on her 30th mission, the Memphis Bell was on her 10th mission.
Hot Stuff and her crew were soon forgotten. Gen. Andrews a great leader and recognized as the Father of the Air Force had Andrews Air Force Base (now Joint Base Andrews) name after him and was soon forgotten. He, Hot Stuff and her crew rightfully deserve long overdue recognition in American history.
Видео Hot Stuff Monument Installation and Dedication Ceremony in Grindavik, Iceland May 3, 2018 канала Jim Lux
World War II 8th Air Force 93rd Bomb Group Iceland Point of Interest 330 Bomb Squadron Ted's Travelling Circus Hot Stuff Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews European Theater of Operations Grindavik Mt. Fagradalsfjall Iceland Monument Hardwick Aerodrome 104 RAF Hardwick USAF United States Army Air Force USAAF Grenier Field Robert Shine Shannon Robert Jake Jacobson United States Air Force Bomber Heavy Bomber 1943
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