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Capt. James E. Gott, Navigator on the B-24 Liberator Hot Stuff, the first heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force to complete 25 missions.
93rd Bomb Group Roll of Honor at Hardwick Airfield Memorial Museum.
Middle East Medal Ceremony: Left to Right : - Capt. Ramsay D. Potts, - Memphis, Tenn. - - 1st Lt. James E. Gott - Berea, KY - - 1st Lt. Charles T. Moore - Oklahoma City, OK - - Command Pilot - B-24D - Celhalopdos - - 1st Lt. Geo. E. Piburn - San Diego, Calif. -
Captain James Gott was assigned as the navigator to the 330th Bomb Squadron, the , 93rd Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force. After completing their required combat missions, the crew of, Hot Stuff, the B-24D, 41-23728, were tasked with flying General Frank Andrews, the commanding general of the USAAF in the ETO to the US. The plane crashed in Iceland killing all but the tail gunner. 3 may 43.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH.
Military | Technical Sergeant | B-24 Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Tech Sgt. Joseph Craighead was assigned as a B-24 gunner to the 330th Bomb Squadron, in the 93rd Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force, USAAF.
Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Staff Sergeant | B-24 Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
SSgt. George Eisel was the only survivor of the non-combat crash of his B-24, Hot Stuff. After completing their 25 combat missions, Eisel, as part of the crew of, B-24 41-23728 Hot Stuff, was tasked with flying General Frank Andrews, commanding general...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Tail Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF.
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Captain | Navigator | 93rd Bomb Group
Captain James Gott was assigned as the navigator to the 330th Bomb Squadron, the , 93rd Bomb Group, in the 8th Air Force. After completing their required combat missions, the crew of, Hot Stuff, the B-24D, 41-23728, were tasked with flying General...
Military | Major | B-24 Bombardier | 93rd Bomb Group
Lt. Robert 'Jake' Jacobson, was a college graduate from the North Western University. He signed on with the U.S. Army Air Force before America entered the war. From October 1942, he flew 31 combat missions as B-24 bombardier in the B-24D, Hot Stuff, in...
Military | Technical Sergeant | B-24 Radio Operator | 93rd Bomb Group
TSgt. Kenneth Allen Jeffers was killed (KIA) on a noncombat mission. After completing their required missions, the crew of, Hot Stuff, B-24D, 41-23728, was tasked with flying General Frank Andrews, commanding general of the USAAF in the ETO, to the U.S...
Military | Captain | Co-Pilot | 93rd Bomb Group
After completing their missions, the crew of 'Hot Stuff' B-24 #41-23728 was scheduled to fly home May 3, 1943, and help sell war bonds. Lentz and pilot Robert 'Shine' Shannon brought the crew through 25 missions. Shannon, a former fighter pilot and...
Military | Staff Sergeant | Gunner | 93rd Bomb Group
KNO. After completing their missions, as a member of the the crew of 'Hot Stuff' B-24 #41-23728 was tasked with flying General Frank Andrews, commanding general of the USAAF in the ETO to the US. The plane crashed in Iceland killing all but the tail...
Military | Major General | Command Pilot, Operations Officer, Commanding Officer, Observer | 389th Bomb Group
Lt. Col. Ramsay Potts flew 41 x combat missions in WWII, including deep penetrations from England to the Messerschmidt factory at Weiner Neustadt, Austria and German synthetic fuel plants. On 21-Nov-42, he was engaged by 5 x JU-88's over the Bay of...
Military | 93rd Bomb Group
Group
The 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1 Mar 42 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15 May 42. the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida, to continue advanced flight training and also to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. They...
Squadron
B-24 Liberator
The B-24D Liberator, Hot Stuff, was the 1st heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force (93rd Bomb Group, and 330th Bomb Squadron) to complete 25 missions, even though the B-17, Memphis Belle, wears the label of the first 50th mission B-24. Hot Stuff, crashed...
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in briefly in March 1943, then returned in June 1943 remaining until the end of the war and...
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| Born | Mississippi | 13 August 1919 |
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Son of Durward McClellan and Ella [Adams] Gott. |
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| Enlisted | Fort Thomas, Newport, KY | 8 October 1941 |
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Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky |
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| Based | Hardwick | 1943 – 3 May 1943 |
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Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Died | Mt Fagradalsfjall, Iceland | 3 May 1943 |
| Buried | Richmond Cemetery Richmond, Madison County, KY | 1947 |
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Re-Interred |
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| 06 September 2021 14:44:50 | Kickapoo | Changes to biography |
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Added name, changed punctuation. - Kickapoo |
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| 22 November 2020 11:52:52 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/650583611 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 22 November 2020 10:45:15 | Al_Skiff | Changes to service number, biography, awards, events and unit associations |
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https://www.fold3.com/image/650583611 |
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| 27 February 2020 03:24:23 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. |
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| 11 March 2019 20:55:08 | Lux1 | Changes to person associations |
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The added connections are the crew members of the B-24 Liberator Hot Stuff from my research - Jim Lux |
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| 02 March 2018 10:15:23 | Lucy May | Changes to biography, events and place associations |
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Added James E Gott's name to the digital Roll of Honour in the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford, England. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 March 2016 03:15:13 | Lux1 | Changes to person associations |
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Jim Lux at hotstuff.memorial@gmail.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 March 2016 03:14:10 | Lux1 | Changes to person associations |
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Jim Lux at hotstuff.memorial@gmail.com |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 March 2016 03:13:38 | Lux1 | Changes to awards |
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Jim Lux at hotstuff.memorial@gmail.com |
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| 27 September 2014 18:14:17 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs, Vol 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 114; Ted's Travelling Circus by Carroll Stewart, Chapter 11 'Tragedy in Iceland' pp. 111-118 with picture on page 115; WWII Memorial web site |
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