Colonel (Chaplain) L. Frank Miller, U.S. Army, KIA
Hometown: New Jersey
Squadron: Chaplain Corps
Service # O-011881
B-24D Liberator (B-24D-1-CO, tail #41-23728) "Hot Stuff" was assigned to the 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces flying combat missions out of RAF Bovingdon, England. Hot Stuff flew its 25th mission on February 7, 1943, against long odds at a time when many planes were being shot down. Hot Stuff became the first heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force to complete twenty-five missions in Europe in World War II and reached its 25th mission three-and-a-half months before the widely celebrated B-17 "Memphis Belle". After Hot Stuff completed thirty-one missions, the plane and her crew were on the return flight to the states for a War Bonds publicity and morale-boosting tour on May 3, 1943, and Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, Commander of the European Theater of Operations needed to get back the the states as he had been summoned to Washington DC by the General of the Army, George Marshall. Andrews and his entourage hitched a ride on Hot Stuff, and in doing so bumped five crew members from the flight. Though they were supposed to refuel at Prestwick, Scotland before heading out over the Atlantic, the crew elected to skip stopping at Prestwick and proceed to their next waypoint, Reykjavik, Iceland. They arrived to find the weather at their destination quite dicey with snow squalls, low clouds and rain. After several after an aborted attempt to land at the Royal Air Force station at Kaldadarnes, Iceland, the B-24 crashed into the side of 1,600-foot-tall Mount Fagradalsfjall, near Grindavik, Iceland. Upon impact, the aircraft disintegrated except for the tail gunner's turret which remained relatively intact and 14 of the 15 aboard died except the tail-gunner (SSgt Eisel) who, though injured, survived the crash.
USAAF Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) Details:
Date Lost: 3-May-43
Aircraft Model B-24D-1-CO
Serial Number: 41-23728
Aircraft Name: "Hot Stuff"
Pilot Capt. Robert H. Shannon KIA
Navigator Capt James E. Gott KIA
Location: 12 KIA Plus 1 civilian 1 survivor RTD
Cause: This distinguished crew and passengers were killed in an aircraft accident in a B24 Liberator of the 8th Air Force (330th BS, 93rd Bomb Group) out of RAF Bovingdon, England, on Mt. Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes peninsula after an aborted attempt to land at the Royal Air Force station at Kaldadarnes, Iceland.
The crew of 41-23728
Capt. Robert H. "Shine" Shannon
Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews - Copilot (Cmdr, all U.S. ETO Forces)
Capt. James E. Gott
Master Sgt. Lloyd C. Wier
T/Sgt. Kenneth A. Jeffers
S/Sgt. Paul H. McQueen
S/Sgt. George A. Eisel, injured
Passengers
Brig. Gen Charles Henry Barth, Jr
Col Frank L Miller, U.S. Army
Colonel Morrow Krum
LTC Fred A. Chapman, U.S. Army
Maj. Theodore C. Totman, U.S. Army
Maj. Robert H. Humphrey U.S. Army
Capt Joseph T. Johnson
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, Civilian
Hometown: New Jersey
Squadron: Chaplain Corps
Service # O-011881
B-24D Liberator (B-24D-1-CO, tail #41-23728) "Hot Stuff" was assigned to the 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces flying combat missions out of RAF Bovingdon, England. Hot Stuff flew its 25th mission on February 7, 1943, against long odds at a time when many planes were being shot down. Hot Stuff became the first heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force to complete twenty-five missions in Europe in World War II and reached its 25th mission three-and-a-half months before the widely celebrated B-17 "Memphis Belle". After Hot Stuff completed thirty-one missions, the plane and her crew were on the return flight to the states for a War Bonds publicity and morale-boosting tour on May 3, 1943, and Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, Commander of the European Theater of Operations needed to get back the the states as he had been summoned to Washington DC by the General of the Army, George Marshall. Andrews and his entourage hitched a ride on Hot Stuff, and in doing so bumped five crew members from the flight. Though they were supposed to refuel at Prestwick, Scotland before heading out over the Atlantic, the crew elected to skip stopping at Prestwick and proceed to their next waypoint, Reykjavik, Iceland. They arrived to find the weather at their destination quite dicey with snow squalls, low clouds and rain. After several after an aborted attempt to land at the Royal Air Force station at Kaldadarnes, Iceland, the B-24 crashed into the side of 1,600-foot-tall Mount Fagradalsfjall, near Grindavik, Iceland. Upon impact, the aircraft disintegrated except for the tail gunner's turret which remained relatively intact and 14 of the 15 aboard died except the tail-gunner (SSgt Eisel) who, though injured, survived the crash.
USAAF Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) Details:
Date Lost: 3-May-43
Aircraft Model B-24D-1-CO
Serial Number: 41-23728
Aircraft Name: "Hot Stuff"
Pilot Capt. Robert H. Shannon KIA
Navigator Capt James E. Gott KIA
Location: 12 KIA Plus 1 civilian 1 survivor RTD
Cause: This distinguished crew and passengers were killed in an aircraft accident in a B24 Liberator of the 8th Air Force (330th BS, 93rd Bomb Group) out of RAF Bovingdon, England, on Mt. Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes peninsula after an aborted attempt to land at the Royal Air Force station at Kaldadarnes, Iceland.
The crew of 41-23728
Capt. Robert H. "Shine" Shannon
Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews - Copilot (Cmdr, all U.S. ETO Forces)
Capt. James E. Gott
Master Sgt. Lloyd C. Wier
T/Sgt. Kenneth A. Jeffers
S/Sgt. Paul H. McQueen
S/Sgt. George A. Eisel, injured
Passengers
Brig. Gen Charles Henry Barth, Jr
Col Frank L Miller, U.S. Army
Colonel Morrow Krum
LTC Fred A. Chapman, U.S. Army
Maj. Theodore C. Totman, U.S. Army
Maj. Robert H. Humphrey U.S. Army
Capt Joseph T. Johnson
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, Civilian
Colonel (Chaplain) L. Frank Miller, U.S. Army, KIA
Hometown: New Jersey
Squadron: Chaplain Corps
Service # O-011881
B-24D Liberator (B-24D-1-CO, tail #41-23728) "Hot Stuff" was assigned to the 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces flying combat missions out of RAF Bovingdon, England. Hot Stuff flew its 25th mission on February 7, 1943, against long odds at a time when many planes were being shot down. Hot Stuff became the first heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force to complete twenty-five missions in Europe in World War II and reached its 25th mission three-and-a-half months before the widely celebrated B-17 "Memphis Belle". After Hot Stuff completed thirty-one missions, the plane and her crew were on the return flight to the states for a War Bonds publicity and morale-boosting tour on May 3, 1943, and Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, Commander of the European Theater of Operations needed to get back the the states as he had been summoned to Washington DC by the General of the Army, George Marshall. Andrews and his entourage hitched a ride on Hot Stuff, and in doing so bumped five crew members from the flight. Though they were supposed to refuel at Prestwick, Scotland before heading out over the Atlantic, the crew elected to skip stopping at Prestwick and proceed to their next waypoint, Reykjavik, Iceland. They arrived to find the weather at their destination quite dicey with snow squalls, low clouds and rain. After several after an aborted attempt to land at the Royal Air Force station at Kaldadarnes, Iceland, the B-24 crashed into the side of 1,600-foot-tall Mount Fagradalsfjall, near Grindavik, Iceland. Upon impact, the aircraft disintegrated except for the tail gunner's turret which remained relatively intact and 14 of the 15 aboard died except the tail-gunner (SSgt Eisel) who, though injured, survived the crash.
USAAF Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) Details:
Date Lost: 3-May-43
Aircraft Model B-24D-1-CO
Serial Number: 41-23728
Aircraft Name: "Hot Stuff"
Pilot Capt. Robert H. Shannon KIA
Navigator Capt James E. Gott KIA
Location: 12 KIA Plus 1 civilian 1 survivor RTD
Cause: This distinguished crew and passengers were killed in an aircraft accident in a B24 Liberator of the 8th Air Force (330th BS, 93rd Bomb Group) out of RAF Bovingdon, England, on Mt. Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes peninsula after an aborted attempt to land at the Royal Air Force station at Kaldadarnes, Iceland.
The crew of 41-23728
Capt. Robert H. "Shine" Shannon
Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews - Copilot (Cmdr, all U.S. ETO Forces)
Capt. James E. Gott
Master Sgt. Lloyd C. Wier
T/Sgt. Kenneth A. Jeffers
S/Sgt. Paul H. McQueen
S/Sgt. George A. Eisel, injured
Passengers
Brig. Gen Charles Henry Barth, Jr
Col Frank L Miller, U.S. Army
Colonel Morrow Krum
LTC Fred A. Chapman, U.S. Army
Maj. Theodore C. Totman, U.S. Army
Maj. Robert H. Humphrey U.S. Army
Capt Joseph T. Johnson
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, Civilian
Hometown: New Jersey
Squadron: Chaplain Corps
Service # O-011881
B-24D Liberator (B-24D-1-CO, tail #41-23728) "Hot Stuff" was assigned to the 330th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces flying combat missions out of RAF Bovingdon, England. Hot Stuff flew its 25th mission on February 7, 1943, against long odds at a time when many planes were being shot down. Hot Stuff became the first heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force to complete twenty-five missions in Europe in World War II and reached its 25th mission three-and-a-half months before the widely celebrated B-17 "Memphis Belle". After Hot Stuff completed thirty-one missions, the plane and her crew were on the return flight to the states for a War Bonds publicity and morale-boosting tour on May 3, 1943, and Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews, Commander of the European Theater of Operations needed to get back the the states as he had been summoned to Washington DC by the General of the Army, George Marshall. Andrews and his entourage hitched a ride on Hot Stuff, and in doing so bumped five crew members from the flight. Though they were supposed to refuel at Prestwick, Scotland before heading out over the Atlantic, the crew elected to skip stopping at Prestwick and proceed to their next waypoint, Reykjavik, Iceland. They arrived to find the weather at their destination quite dicey with snow squalls, low clouds and rain. After several after an aborted attempt to land at the Royal Air Force station at Kaldadarnes, Iceland, the B-24 crashed into the side of 1,600-foot-tall Mount Fagradalsfjall, near Grindavik, Iceland. Upon impact, the aircraft disintegrated except for the tail gunner's turret which remained relatively intact and 14 of the 15 aboard died except the tail-gunner (SSgt Eisel) who, though injured, survived the crash.
USAAF Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) Details:
Date Lost: 3-May-43
Aircraft Model B-24D-1-CO
Serial Number: 41-23728
Aircraft Name: "Hot Stuff"
Pilot Capt. Robert H. Shannon KIA
Navigator Capt James E. Gott KIA
Location: 12 KIA Plus 1 civilian 1 survivor RTD
Cause: This distinguished crew and passengers were killed in an aircraft accident in a B24 Liberator of the 8th Air Force (330th BS, 93rd Bomb Group) out of RAF Bovingdon, England, on Mt. Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes peninsula after an aborted attempt to land at the Royal Air Force station at Kaldadarnes, Iceland.
The crew of 41-23728
Capt. Robert H. "Shine" Shannon
Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews - Copilot (Cmdr, all U.S. ETO Forces)
Capt. James E. Gott
Master Sgt. Lloyd C. Wier
T/Sgt. Kenneth A. Jeffers
S/Sgt. Paul H. McQueen
S/Sgt. George A. Eisel, injured
Passengers
Brig. Gen Charles Henry Barth, Jr
Col Frank L Miller, U.S. Army
Colonel Morrow Krum
LTC Fred A. Chapman, U.S. Army
Maj. Theodore C. Totman, U.S. Army
Maj. Robert H. Humphrey U.S. Army
Capt Joseph T. Johnson
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, Civilian
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