August 2014 Newsletter describing recent activity of Jim Lux in support of recognition of WWII experience of B-24 Hot Stuff and crew, first to complete 25 missions in 8th Air Force, months ahead of Memphis Belle. Crashed in Iceland during return trip to US with AF LTG Andrews on board.

1. HOT STUFF/GEN. ANDREWS
Newsletter #05
August 2014
JIM’S CORNER
July was quite a month. Nancy and I
spent most of it traveling and visiting
relatives and friends from Colorado to
California. I gave presentations to the
Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson,
Arizona and the Veterans Museum and
Memorial Center in Balboa Park in
San Diego, California.
Unfortunately, we had to cut our va-
cation short because of the death of
a dear friend Col. Virgal E. “Sandy”
Sansing (USAF retired). He was a
wonderful man, a great American
and a true American hero. Sandy
flew over 400 combat missions in
World War II and Viet Nam.
I had the honor of traveling with
him to France several times and met
several members of the French Re-
sistance who helped him hide from
the Germans and with whom he
helped harass the Germans after D
Day. On one of those trips Sandy
received the French Legion of
Honor.
I will miss him.
Jim
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Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson,
Arizona
Presentations to the Pima Air
& Space Museum on
July 11 & 12
Jim made a presentation to James
Stemm, Curator of Collections at
the Pima Air & Space Museum on
Friday, July 11th, in an effort to
convince him to consider a display
featuring the story of the B-24 Hot
Stuff and Lt. Gen. Andrews in the
museum. Unfortunately, not unlike
many other museums he has either
contacted or visited there appeared
to be little or no interest in having
parts of any airplane displayed no
matter how historic it might be.
Jim was invited by Pima Curator of
Education Mina Stafford to speak to
museum visitors on Saturday. Car-
oline and Susan Rondeau, daughters
of Hot Stuff engineer Grant Rondeau
and members of their family attend-
ed the presentation. They brought
along photos and documents their
dad had accumulated for display.
The presentation was well received.
Jim Lux speaking to visitors at the
Pima Air & Space Museum
Visitors listening to Jim’s presenta-
tion at the Pima Air & Space
Museum
Caroline Rondeau and her hus-
band Manny holding a piece of Hot
Stuff wreckage
The Rondeau family took Jim and
Nancy out to dinner at a great
Mexican restaurant in downtown
Tucson after which they presented
Jim with a sizable donation toward
the Hot Stuff/Gen. Andrews me-
morial monument.

2. The Veterans Museum and
Memorial Center in Balboa
Park has pieces of Hot Stuff
Wreckage on display
On Monday, July 14th, Jim had a
meeting with Will Hays, Chairman
of the Veterans Museum and Me-
morial Park. Mr. Hays met with Jim
even though the museum was closed
on Monday. Jim gave him a presen-
tation on the story of Hot Stuff and
Lt. Gen. Andrew and showed him
the video Triumph and Tragedy.
Mr. Hays was most receptive and
accepted pieces of Hot Stuff wreck-
age for display in the B-24 Liberator
room in the museum.
The museum is located in a beau-
tifully-restored chapel. Mr. Hays
was most gracious and gave Jim and
Nancy a private tour of the muse-
um.
Several of the photographs of
B-24s on display Jim recognized as
bombers in the 93rd Bombardment
Group including Tiggie Ann and
Joisey Bounce.
The large bronze B-24 Liberator lo-
cated on a pedestal in front of the
museum honors those who flew and
The Veterans Museum and Memorial Center in Balboa Park
in San Diego, California
maintained them and the more than
45,000 men and women who built
them at the Consolidated Aircraft
Corporation plant in San Diego.
There are also four bronze plaques
with the names of the Bombard-
ment Groups that were assigned
B-24s in World War II.
The 93rd Bombardment Group As-
sociation made a significant contri-
bution toward the construction of
the bronze B-24.
Jim received an email two days later
from Mr. Hays informing him that
the Hot Stuff wreckage was already
on display and was able to confirm
that Hot Stuff was built in San Di-
ego.
Will Hays and Jim Lux
Jim presented a copy of Ted’s Trav-
elling Circus to Mr. Hays on behalf
of Scott Stewart, son of author and
93rd Bomb Group, historian and
Aide to Group Commander Ted
Timberlake.
If you are ever in San Diego be sure
to visit the museum.
Rosecrans National Cemetery on
Point Loma in San Diego, CA
Visit to George Eisel’s grave
site
George Eisel, the tail gunner and
only survivor of the crash of Hot
Stuff is buried in Rosecrans Nation-
al Cemetery on Point Loma in San
Diego. George was also a survivor of
a B-24 that was shot down over Tu-
nisia, North Africa. He passed away

3. in 1964 in Los Angeles, California.
Jim and Nancy visited George’s
grave site and found that his grave-
stone was missing. A piece of
painted plywood was in its place
along with a temporary marker.
The marker appeared to have been
there for a considerable amount of
time.
Temporary marker on
George Eisel’s grave site
It was Sunday and the cemetery
offices were closed but there were
forms available for identifying prob-
lems or to make inquiries. Jim filled
one out and received a phone call
a week later from a cemetery staff
member who said that a new grave-
stone was damaged when it arrived
at the cemetery and another one was
on order. Jim was assured it would
be in place in August or September.
Lt. Gen. Dirk Jameson (USAF
retired) visits Hot Stuff/Lt.
Gen. Andrews memorial
plaque in Iceland
Icelander Oli Marteinsson met Lt.
Gen. Dirk Jameson (USAF retired)
and his wife at Keflavik Internation-
al Airport where they had a four
hour layover on their return trip to
the United States from Europe.
Oli and his brother Doddi are
friends of Jim who helped him re-
cover pieces of Hot Stuff wreckage
and worked with the U.S. Embassy
and the mayor and town council of
the town of Grindavik to secure the
land where the Hot Stuff/Lt. Gen.
Andrews memorial monument will
be located.
Oli Marteinsson (left) and Gen.
Jameson by the memorial plaque
in Grindavik, Iceland
Oli took Dirk and his wife Betty to
see the plaque at the future memori-
al monument site. Dirk said reading
the plaque and seeing the mountain
where the crash took place in the
background made quite an impres-
sion on him.
They also visited the Blue Lagoon,
Iceland’s number one tourist attrac-
tion (http://www.bluelagoon.com/).
It’s located about two miles from the
monument site.
Family members of Lt. Col.
Fred Chapman located
Cecil Johnson the second cousin
of U.S. Army Lt. Col. Fred Chap-
man and Malinda Hayes his niece
were located with the help of Paul
Schumann and Diane Brooker
whose husband is a relative of Hot
Stuff tail gunner, George Eisel.
Chapman was one of Lt. Gen. An-
drews’ aides and was killed in the
crash of Hot Stuff.
The search continues for relatives of
the rest of Hot Stuff’s crew and those
on-board when it crashed including:
Capt. James Gott - navigator
Sgt. Joseph Craighead - gunner
Sgt. George Farley - gunner
Sgt. Paul McQueen - gunner
Sgt. Lloyd Weir - crew chief
Brig. Gen. Charles Barth - Andrews
Chief of Staff
Col. Morrow Krum - member of
Andrews staff
Maj. Theodore Totman - Andrews
Secretary
Capt. Joseph Johnson - Andrews Aide
Col. Frank Miller - Army Chief of
Chaplains
Maj. Robert Humphery - U.S. Army
Chaplain
Adna Leonard - Chairman of Corps of
Chaplains
Great News!
The Memorial Monument
Fund now Exceeds
$24,000!
In July the Memorial Monument
Fund achieved as significant mile-
stone reaching more than a third of
the $70,000 goal.
MONUMENT FUND
DONORS
Johannes Allert MN
Ancient & Honorable Artillery
Company of Massachusetts MA
Susan Andrews TN
Lillian Ayars TX
Bank of America (Matching Grant) CA
Brig. Gen. Richard Baughn TX
Laurence & Verna Belair NH
Lawrence Berman MA
Raymond & Michelle Bonilla TX
Scott Branson TX
Mike & Conni Brennan TX

4. *Harrell & Jackie Broome MS
Aaron Buckholtz TX
*Peggy Carmen MS
Clairmont Retirement Community TX
*Jan & Robert Clark CO
Lt. Gen. Charles Cleveland AL
Shannon & Gay Cox TX
Jimmie & Jennifer Craig TX
Col. David & Nelda Cravey TX
*Dayton Foundation OH
Mark Davis TX
John & Suzanne Donatucci TX
Eric & Domi Ducreau FRANCE
Joe & Phyllis Duran CA
Blaine & Robin Duxbury IN
Dr.Robert & Barbara Emerson TX
Ray & Alison Ender TX
R.F. Ferguson TX
Judy & Albert Figoski TX
Patrick Finnegan TX
Les Frazier TX
Robert & Joan Gallup TX
Carol Gerard WI
Richard Golombeck TX
Dorris E. Green TX
William Gros PA
David Guerra TX
Helen Gutfreund AZ
Thomas & Julia Harris TX
Max Hill TX
Wilbur Hopson TX
Ronald & Charlotte Iberg TX
Skot Ingram TX
Thomas & Margaret Jacobs TX
*Kevin Jacobson TX
*Ronald Jacobson
MS
Lt Gen. Dirk & Betty Jameson TX
Ray Janes TX
Robert Jones TX
James Koch TX
L7 Computer Parts TX
Kermit & Nancy Larson TX
James LaRue TX
Dr. BA & MW Levy TX
Harry Loftis TX
Jim & Nancy Lux TX
Robert Marquette TX
Robert Marquette TX
Scott Merchen TX
Leonard Miller CA
Col. Cassius & Betty Mullen TX
Albert Mundo MA
John & Rayann Marx PA
Bill & Linda McCarley TX
Lost Creek CC Members TX
Scott Merchen TX
Andrew & Marge Meyer TX
Leonard Miller CA
George Morrison Sr. MA
Albert Mundo MA
Ralph & Phyllis Mundy TX
Michael Oliver TX
Thomas Owens TX
Robert Peckham TX
Carl Pollock TX
Robert & Wanda Reetz TX
Dr. William Robertson TX
*Rondeau Family AZ
Patrick & Yvonne Ryan TX
Peter & Colleen Sanderson CO
Bill & Joanne Sargent CO
Robert Spurck, Jr. TX
Scott Stewart NE
Fraye Stokes TX
Paul Stroich, Jr. AZ
Vernon Swaim WA
Mats Tedeneryd SWEDEN
Leon & Joan Thomas TX
George Taylor TX
Kenneth Taplin CA
Robert Tresch TX
Terrance & Sylvia Turner CA
Heath Twitchell RI
Charles Thompson TX
Brig. Gen. Regis Urshler NE
Kristine & Dwitt Vanwisse TX
Maj. Russell Vanderlugt NY
James & Vickki Warren TX
Robert Weeks TX
Joe & Beth Woods TX
DF & LA Wiesner TX
Charles & Josephine Wiegand TX
* Family of Hot Stuff Crew &/or passengers
Thank you for your
Donation!
You Can Help Raise
Funds For The Hot Stuff
Gen. Andrews
Memorial Monument
1. Send this newsletter to everyone on
your email list and ask for their help.
2. Every donation of $250 or more
will receive a copy of “Ted’s Travelling
Circus,” a comprehensive history of the
93rd Bomb Group.
3. Donations are tax deductible.
4. Send donations to:
Attn: Nancy Stranger
93rd Bombardment Group Assoc.
995 Cottonwood Lane
Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601
5. Refer everyone to the Hot Stuff web
site at:
www.b24hotstuff.wikispaces.com
6. Brochures, and a PowerPoint pre-
sentation are available for making pre-
sentations.
7. Jim Lux is available for Hot Stuff/
Gen. Andrews fund raiser presenta-
tions in the Central Texas area.
8. Contact Information:
Jim Lux
H: 512-327-1750
C: 512-731-8024
jlux@austin.rr.com

5. Don’t forget!
On your next trip to Europe, your first
stop should be beautiful Iceland.
Stopover at no additional airfare.
Stay up to seven days.
Visit and enjoy
the world famous
Blue Lagoon.
A land of pure water,
clean air & unparalleled
beauty.
Icelandair is a supporter
of the future
Hot Stuff/Gen. Andrews
Memorial Monument.
For information and reservations: http://www.icelandair.us