View from the Hot Stuff/Gen. Andrews Monument in Iceland

A monument in Iceland honoring the crew of the B-24 Liberator Hot Stuff and Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews and passengers onboard who died when Hot Stuff Crashed in Iceland on May 3, 1943.
The B-24 Liberator 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. Onboard was Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews European Theater of Operations Commander and his staff and three chaplains. All onboard with killed except the tail gunner.
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 Belle 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.
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